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# FDA Approves Aratana Pain Drug for Cats
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-approves-aratana-pain-drug-for-cats/
- Published: 2018-06-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T00:09:46.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5141586

FDA has approved an Aratana Therapeutics supplemental New Animal Drug Application for Nocita (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) to include its use in cats as a peripheral nerve block to provide regional post-operative analgesia following onychectomy. The Animal Drug User Fee Act review date is set for 7/30\. Nocita is a long-acting, local anesthetic that provides up to 72 hours of analgesia post-operatively using multi-vesicular liposomal technology, the company says. It was FDA-approved 8/2016 in dogs to provide local post-operative analgesic for cranial cruciate ligament surgery.