Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. is an American biopharmaceutical company based in Burlington, Massachusetts that is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, local therapies for the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal conditions, beginning with osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis.[1][2][3]
Flexion was founded around 2007 by two former Eli Lilly and Company executives, Michael Clayman and Neil Bodick, and it went public in 2014.[4]
In November 2016 the FDA accepted Flexion's New Drug Application for FX006, an extended-release formulation of triamcinolone acetonide (a corticosteroid), branded "Zilretta".[5]