FDA Orders Painkiller Firms to Help Combat Abuse

The drugs affected by FDA's move include long-acting and extended-release opioids such as oxycodone, morphine and methadone.

The FDA is recruiting drugmakers to help fight painkiller abuse. The agency will require some manufacturers of high-powered pain drugs to develop new educational materials for doctors and patients, hoping that better-informed prescribers and users will help curtail now-widespread abuse.

Tthe new rules apply to 16 companies that produce 25 pain pills and patches. Under the new requirements, each painkiller manufacturer will have to develop new medication guides and physician training tools, which will be vetted

Related News

News Pharmaceutical industry supports COP28 health stance in joint statement

As COP28 takes place over this week in Dubai, UAE, several bodies in the pharmaceutical and health industries have come together to announce support of key movements in sustainability in the sector, and to recognise sustainability as a health issue.&nb...

6 Dec 2023
News Biden backs Cold-War measures to shore-up medical supply chains

In a recent strategy to combat rising inflation and the cost of living crisis, President Joe Biden has invoked a Cold War-era act to increase investment in a selection of medicines and supplies.

29 Nov 2023
News CPHI Podcast Series: What does the changing US Pharma market mean for industry and patients alike?

In this week's episode of the CPHI Podcast Series Lucy Chard, Digital Editor for CPHI Online is joined by James Manser to discuss the political and market changes in the US pharma field.

25 Oct 2023
News Which 10 drugs are open to price negotiation with Medicare in the USA?

The Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services, under the Biden administration in the USA, has released a list of the 10 drugs that will be open to price negotiations as part of the new legislation under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

5 Sep 2023
News 10 Major Drug Approvals So Far in 2023

Last year, 37 novel drugs were approved by the FDA, this was a high number for such a category, and covered many fields including oncology, demonstrating how promising further research is, and how it is only continuing to build. To date, there are alre...

28 Jun 2023
News Novartis agrees for copies to be made of cancer drug to reach poorer countries

Novartis signs agreement with MPP to have generics of it's leukemia drug made so that it can be more easily distributed to the world's poorer countries.

26 Jun 2023
News CPHI Podcast Series: outsourcing and manufacturing trends

Listen to the CPHI Podcast Series this June to hear Gil Roth of the PBOA speak with Digital Editor Lucy Chard about the biggest trends and topics to watch in pharma outsourcing and manufacturing at the minute.

14 Jun 2023
News New WHO health emergency guidelines expect full transparency from Big Pharma

The WHO are proposing a new set of pandemic guidelines to set out how future global health crises should be handled.

22 Nov 2022

CPHI Online is the largest global marketplace in the pharma ingredients industry

FDA Orders Painkiller Firms to Help Combat Abuse

Related News

Position your company at the heart of the global Pharma industry with a CPHI Online membership

Request for general information