Shedding Light On Payers And PBMs As Possible Drivers Of Opioid Crisis
There is a tendency to overlook the multiple factors and stakeholders that contributed to the Rx opioid crisis. This includes ...
Uptake Of Novel Non-Opioid Drug Suzetrigine Could Benefit From No Pain Act
The No Pain Act will mandate Medicare insurance coverage for non-opioid pain management, including evidence-based treatments, ...
UConn professors working to treat pain without opioid medication advance new 'tool' through startup
Two orthopedic surgery professors are working to advance a formulation of local anesthesia to help minimize the usage of ...
Jury in Baltimore opioid trial to begin deliberating ‘biggest and most important case in the city’s history’
noting that the DEA increased year after year a national threshold for opioid manufacturing in the 2000s, while the medical ...
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FDA Okays Abuse-Deterrent Opioid for Severe Pain
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a 10-mg dose of Roxybond (Protega Pharmaceuticals), an opioid ...
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In pain R&D, Vertex withstood tough times to bring non-opioid suzetrigine to cusp of FDA approval
Two decades ago, when two genetic mutations were discovered in Asia that gave scientists a better idea of how pain sensations ...
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Vertex Flashes A Surprise Buy Point As Non-Opioid Pain Drug Looms
Vertex Pharmaceuticals beat Wall Street's third-quarter expectations, but the real story for Vertex stock is still to come, analysts said Tuesday.Please watch the video at Investors.com - How To Buy ...
What you need to know in Baltimore’s opioid case before it heads to jurors
Baltimore alleges that the companies, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen, flooded the city with hundreds of millions of addictive pain ... opioid painkiller — to pharmacies in and around Baltimore.
The Opioid Crisis: Issues for Health Care Providers
An overview of federal and state laws and legal issues impacting physicians, non-physician practitioners (NPPs), and health ...
Project levels up opioid misuse prevention with innovative gaming
With teens spending more time in front of screens than ever before, video games are emerging as a powerful way to teach ...
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First pediatric guideline on opioid prescribing in primary care focuses on preventing overdose
With its emphasis on opioid overdose prevention, the first guideline for primary care providers from the American Academy of Pediatrics on prescribing opioids for acute pain in children and ...