Pharma
Are new controlled substance telehealth guidelines final? Trade group hopes not
Prescribing rules promise flexibility but leave room for improvement, industry experts say.
Opioids
Pharma
PBMs had hidden role in opioid crisis, NYT investigation finds
Documents show pharmacy benefit managers helped drugmakers like Purdue Pharma dole out opioids in exchange for payouts.
Pharma
Overdose deaths are falling swiftly across the US
While experts aren’t sure why, some theorize that increased access to opioid reversal medicine could be playing a part.
Tech
Spark Biomedical distributes wearable, drug-free opioid withdrawal treatment
The earpiece sends electric shocks to the body to prevent opioid withdrawal symptoms.
Pharma
Walgreens’s opioid antidote is now available
Walgreens-brand Narcan is now available for $10 less.
Direct Care
How overdose prevention legislation is faring across the US
A Philadelphia nonprofit lost its latest bid to open a supervised drug-injection site—but other states and cities are making progress.
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