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Indivior rocked by loss of patent case

March 23, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alvogen, biotech, drugs, indivior, opioid, pharma, pharmaceutical

Indivior has been dealt a hammer blow after US District Court for the District of Delaware found in favour of …

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Rising levels of opioid prescriptions puts NHS under pressure

March 16, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, biotech, drugs, opioid, pharma, pharmaceutical

It has been found that the number of prescriptions being written for opioid painkillers has risen from 10 million to …

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Purdue pulls plug on opioid marketing

February 13, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Purdue Pharma, biotech, drugs, opioid, opioid epidemic, pharma, pharmaceutical

Purdue Pharma was fined $643.5 million in 2007 for its part in creating the opioid epidemic that has plagued the …

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EU approves opioid treatment, amid fears of US-like crisis

November 22, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Zubsolv, biotech, drugs, opioid, orexo, pharma, pharmaceutical

The EMA has given approval for the treatment of Orexo’s Zubsolv, a therapy for the treatment of opioid dependence. The …

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FDA approves electronic nerve stimulator for opioid withdrawal

November 16, 2017
Sales and Marketing NNS-2 Bridge, biotech, drugs, opioid, pharma, pharmaceutical

A device that delivers electronic pulses to the area around the ear, designed to stimulate the brain in order to …

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Record number of drug-related deaths, as opioid crisis hits UK

August 2, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development biotech, drug deaths, drugs, fentanyl, opioid, pharma, pharmaceutical

Numbers released by the Office for National Statistics (ONC) has revealed that drug misuse deaths were at a record high, …

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FDA Chief plans regulatory overhaul to tackle US opioid crisis

July 25, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, Scott Gottlieb, biotech, drugs, healthcare, opioid, pharma, pharmaceutical

The US faces an ongoing crisis in opioid dependency, and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is prepared to employ unusual tactics …

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Independent panel advise FDA to apply different framework to opioid painkillers

July 14, 2017
Medical Communications FDA, biotech, drugs, opioid, opioid epidemic, pharma, pharmaceutical

Over a year ago, the Obama administration asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to advise them on …

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FDA to review effectiveness of abuse deterrent opioid drugs

June 14, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Scott Gottlieb, opioid, opioid crisis

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb continues his fightback against the US opioid crisis after requesting an unprecedented recall of Endo Pharmaceuticals’ …

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New method discovered to target chronic pain

June 1, 2017
Research and Development opioid, painkillers

Chronic pain is notoriously difficult to treat and can lead some people to take painkillers of increasing strength to combat …

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Ohio takes legal action against pharma companies for opioid crisis

June 1, 2017
Medical Communications Ohio, opioid, opioid crisis

If there is one state that needs answers for its citizens’ struggles with opioids, it is Ohio. The state saw …

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Opioid crisis “highest initial priority” for new FDA Commissioner

May 24, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development FDA, Scott Gottlieb, opioid, opioid crisis

Scott Gottlieb, the newly appointment FDA Commissioner, has indicated that his first priority is to tackle the opioid crisis currently …

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FDA restricts administration of strong pain killers to children

April 21, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, opioid

The FDA has announced that it will require medication including codeine and tramadol, two high-strength painkillers, to have its strongest …

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US city takes drug company to court over opioid crisis

March 16, 2017
Medical Communications OxyContin, opioid, opioid crisis

The opioid crisis in North America continues to rumble on, ruining lives and causing untold damage to communities. One city, …

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Potential treatment for opioid withdrawal discovered

February 1, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development University of Calgary, gout, opioid

Researchers from the University of Calgary have found that medication used to treat gout could also lessen the side-effects experienced …

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