USA. Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy Even as the nation’s drug crisis mounted, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine continued to accept funds from some members of the Sackler fam…

USA. The Tech Companies Policing Methadone Patients for Profit Apparently, fingernails and hair create “layers of drug history.” At the Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) conference, held in Baltimore in November, I wandered…

FDA Inches Closer to OTC Narcan—at the Expense of Generic Naloxone Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously in support of making a naloxone product available without requiring a prescription, as the pharmaceutical company…

USA. Indivior Solutions Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge And Indivior Entities Agree To Pay $600 Million To Resolve Criminal And Civil Investigations As Part Of DOJ’s Largest Opioid Resolution Resolutions Follow CEO Guilty Plea and $1.4 Billion Settl…

The Impact of Suboxone's Market Exclusivity on Cost of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.  McGee M, Chiu K, Moineddin R, Sud A.  Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2023 Jan 18. doi: 10.1007/s40258-022-00787-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36…

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