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September 21, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jobs, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Senate, UCB, manufacturing, opioid crisis, top 10

Manufacturing took a hit this week as Novo Nordisk announced the loss of 400 jobs while Novartis made the move …

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Surgeon General calls for cultural shift in approach to opioid crisis

September 21, 2018
Medical Communications Trump, US, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, surgeon general

The Surgeon General of the United States has called for a cultural shift in the way in which Americans talk …

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FDA expand REMS education program in effort against opioid crisis

September 19, 2018
Research and Development FDA, IR, opioid crisis, opioids, rems

The US Food and Drug Administration is set to introduce a requirement that all healthcare providers be offered educational training …

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US Senate pass bipartisan bill to tackle opioid crisis

September 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production Senate, US, epidemic, opioid, opioid crisis, politics

The US Senate have passed a bipartisan bill aimed at combatting the opioid crisis. The bill, which was passed with …

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Purdue-owning Sackler family own second opioid drug maker, FT reveals

September 10, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, opioid, opioid crisis, sackler

The billionaire Sackler family, the owners of OxyContin drugmaker Purdue Pharma, have been revealed to own a second opioid drug …

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Opioid prescriptions hit 15 year low, as FDA’s Gottlieb reaffirms commitment against crisis

August 30, 2018
Medical Communications FDA, opioid crisis, prescriptions, scott gottleib

The amount of opioids prescribed to patients in the United States has fallen to a 15 year low according to …

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Emergent snaps up Adapt and its opioid overdose therapy for $735m

August 29, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Emergent, Narcan, naloxone, opioid crisis, opioids, pharma

Emergent BioSolutions has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Adapt Pharma at a valuation of $735 million, a …

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New York sues Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis

August 15, 2018
Research and Development Litigation, New York, OxyContin, Purude pharma, opioid crisis, state

New York State have sued OxyContin drug maker Purdue Pharma over allegations surrounding widespread fraud and deception in the marketing …

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Letters to doctors reduce opioid prescriptions, study shows

August 10, 2018
Medical Communications OxyContin, USA, fentanyl, opioid, opioid crisis, research, study

A study has shown that Doctors who received a letter from the medical examiner’s office informing them of their patient’s …

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FDA announces policy shift to encourage new opioid addiction treatments

August 7, 2018
Manufacturing and Production FDA, deaths, opioid crisis, overdose, policy

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced that it is altering the way it evaluates a drug’s ability …

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Pain Therapeutics refocuses on Alzheimer’s after FDA turns down abuse-deterrent opioid painkiller

August 7, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Remoxy, opioid crisis, opioids, pain therapeutics, pharma

The FDA has voted to reject Texas-based Pain Therapeutics’ abuse deterrent opioid painkiller Remoxy (oxycodone), leading the company to consider …

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Fentanyl-related deaths spike in England and Wales

August 7, 2018
Manufacturing and Production fentanyl, heroin, ons, opioid crisis, opioids, statistics

Deaths linked to the powerful opioid fentanyl have increased by 30% in England and Wales. Figures from the Office for …

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Allergan sues Pfizer over opioid crisis lawsuits

August 3, 2018
Medical Communications Allergan, Litigation, Pfizer, lawsuits, opioid crisis, opioids

Allergan are suing American pharma giant Pfizer over potential damages that they may be forced to pay relating to hundreds …

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FDA panels vote to reject Pain Therapeutics’ abuse-deterrent opioid drug

June 27, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Remoxy, opioid crisis, opioids, pain therapeutics, pharma

Drug development firm Pain Therapeutics has revealed that its abuse-deterrent opioid medication Remoxy has been rejected by an FDA advisory …

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Purdue culls 350 positions, eradicates sales force

June 21, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Purdue Pharma, opioid crisis, opioids, pharma

Bowing to the pressure applied by external groups for the part it has played in the ongoing opioid crisis, Purdue …

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