OTC Naloxone's Potential Overshadowed As FDA Priortizes Rx Generic Reviews
Executive Summary
FDA appears committed to stemming opioid abuse by accelerating reviews of ANDAs for generics of overdose treatments but acceleration for making one of them, naloxone, available OTC is needed, too, says Michael Hufford, Harm Reduction Therapeutics CEO. "Relief that ... FDA is demonstrating its willingness to do everything that it can to accelerate these approvals," but "frustration that the public continues to be denied access to low cost naloxone," he says.
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