IRISYS, a San Diego pharmaceutical company, announced Monday it will be providing contract development and manufacturing services to BioCorRx pharmaceuticals for the development of a sterile naltrexon...
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A videoconference hearing was held Thursday before Judge Patricia Perez Fresard in the state of Michigan’s lawsuit against opioid distributors. Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a l...
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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center has been chosen as one of the sites for a clinic study for the National Institutes of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative. The study wi...
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) announced an Eastern Kentucky social services agency had been awarded a $2.6 million grant to provide drug addiction treat...
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The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee recently advanced a bill that would close a loophole in the Orphan Drug Act. The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 provides incentives for prescription drug manuf...
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The Iowa Department of Health, in partnership with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, will make Narcan available for free at local pharmacies, the organizations said in a press release Tuesday. Narcan, a...
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Michigan state Sen. Dale Zorn (R-Ida) is pleased legislation that requires opioid prescriptions to be transmitted electronically from a doctor to a pharmacy, which was recently signed into law. Zor...
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed into a law a bill that aims to reduce fraudulent prescriptions and combat opioid abuse. Under the law, doctors will be required to send all prescripti...
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Certain combinations of muscle relaxants and opioid prescriptions are safe while others increase the risk of opioid overdose, a study by the University of Florida College of Pharmacy discovered. Sk...
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Physician and patient advocacy groups disagree with a BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) policy that requires patients to utilize BCBST preferred specialty pharmacies for infusion therapies. ...
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National Health Promotion Associates recently provided $156,581 to fund a project by George Mason University Professor Dr. Kenneth W. Griffin aimed at preventing prescription drug use among high schoo...
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Researchers at an Israeli tech company have found that micro-dosing THC – the principal psychoactive element in cannabis – can effectively relieve pain while avoiding the side effects of smoking m...
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently launched an online tool that provides information on where community organizations can request free naloxone, which is used to rev...
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Calling turning the tide of opioid deaths a priority for her administration, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Opioids Task Force, and the Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS rel...
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A new program that allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) increases the availability and access to services in the rural communities...
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People with one to two visits to the emergency rooms for any medical issue are 1.5 times more likely to have a fatal opioid overdose compared to people with no hospital visits, according to a Johns Ho...
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Legislation recently approved by the Michigan Senate aims to combat Michigan’s growing opioid epidemic by reducing fraudulent prescriptions and abuse. House Bill 4217 requires physicians to send ...
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West Virginia Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced Monday West Virginia University (WVU) would receive more than $221,000 to research opioid prescription duration limits....
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Two officials in Monroe County, N.Y., announced earlier this month they would be introducing a law that would require pharmacies in Monroe County to dispense at least one dose of Narcan when filling a...
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The Baltimore Ravens and Leidos, a Virginia-based technology, engineering, and science solutions and services company, have partnered to distribute nearly 70,000 drug disposal packets to local nonprof...
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