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Canada to roll out automated drug dispensers to help fight opioid crisis
August 27, 2020Research and Development opioid, opioid crisis, opioids
Canada is set to roll out automated drug dispensers that can provide clean, doctor-prescribed medicine to opioid addicts by scanning …
UK Government officially announces National Institute for Health Protection to replace Public Health England
August 19, 2020Research and Development opioid, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic
The UK Government has officially announced that Public Health England will be replaced by the National Institute for Health Protection. …
Jonathan Sackler, co-owner of Purdue Pharma, dies from cancer
July 7, 2020Manufacturing and Production Purdue, opioid, opioid crisis
Jonathan Sackler, son of Purdue Pharma founder Raymond Sackler, died on 30 June from cancer, according to the company. He …
FDA panel votes against Nektar opioid painkiller
January 15, 2020Research and Development Bernie Opioids, Big Pharma, Trump opioids, opioid, opioid crisis, opioids, pharma
FDA unanimously voted against Nektar Therapeutics opioid pankiller (NKTR-181) for chronic lower back pain, prompting the company to withdraw its …
Rochester Drug Cooperative ceases opioid sales following criminal charges
January 15, 2020Research and Development Bernie Sanders, Trump opioids, opioid, opioid crisis, opioids
The Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC) has announced it will no longer distribute opioid medications after two of its executives were …
Sackler family withdrew $10 billion from Purdue Pharma while legal pressure mounted, audit shows
December 17, 2019Manufacturing and Production Oxy, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Sackler family, opioid, opioid crisis, sackler
An audit commissioned by Purdue Pharma, to help navigate its bankruptcy, indicates that members of the Sackler family withdrew $10.7 …
Trevena’s opioid injection fails to win over FDA committee
October 12, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Trevena, US, oliceridine, opioid, opioid crisis, pharma
Trevena has seen its opioid injection oliceridine fail to win over an FDA advisory panel in the management of acute …
US Senate pass bipartisan bill to tackle opioid crisis
September 18, 2018Manufacturing 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 …
Purdue-owning Sackler family own second opioid drug maker, FT reveals
September 10, 2018Business 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 …
Ketamine’s antidepressant effects may be linked to brain’s opioid system
September 6, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ketamine, antidepressant, depression, mental health, opioid
Ketamine’s antidepressant effect works through the activation of the brains opioid receptors, a new study published in The American Journal …
Letters to doctors reduce opioid prescriptions, study shows
August 10, 2018Medical 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 …
Insys Therapeutics reaches $150m agreement to settle opioid marketing case
August 9, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Litigation, Subsys, US Department of Justice, fentanyl, insys, opioid, pharma
The Arizona-based pharma company Insys Therapeutics has reached an agreement to pay $150 million to the US Department of Justice …
FDA rejects Insys Therapeutics sublingual opioid spray
July 31, 2018Manufacturing and Production Crisis, FDA, insys, opioid, rejection, spray
The FDA has rejected Insys Therapeutics buprenorphine sublingual spray due to concerns about the safety of the Arizona-based company’s opioid …
Illegally manufactured fentanyl drives deaths in Ontario
July 5, 2018Medical Communications Crisis, Ontario, canda, epidemic, fentanyl, opioid
Illicit forms of the powerful opioid fentanyl have been driving increased rates of opioid-related deaths in the Canadian province of …
Facebook takes action against drug peddlers on Instagram
April 9, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Facebook, biotech, drugs, fentanyl, instagram, opioid, opioid epidemic, pharma, pharmaceutical
Facebook can’t catch a break at the moment, after being widely criticised for its practices over the security of users’ …
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