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Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Opioid Response
The Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) convened a hearing in early October to examine the federal…
Class Action Suits Over Opioid Epidemic Ramping Up
A coalition of 41 states' attorneys general have served five major opioid manufacturers with subpoenas seeking information about…
Florida Governor Proposes Limit on Prescribed Opioids
At the end of September, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that during the upcoming legislative session, he will propose new…
New Jersey Governor Christie Introduces Regulation to Cap Physician-Pharma…
In the last days of his administration, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has introduced a regulation to cap the amount…
VA OIG Releases Report on Opioid Prescribing Habits
Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its Healthcare Inspection report,…
President Trump Declares Opioid Crisis a National Emergency
Working off of the recent recommendations in the interim report issued by the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction…
McCaskill Opioid Investigation Expanding
United States Senator Claire McCaskill recently announced that she is expanding her wide-ranging investigation into the causes of…
US Senate Passes FDA User Fees, Right to Try and Opioid Legislation
After many months of debate, both chambers of Congress passed the FDA User Fee Package. This comes after the Senate passed its…
Opioid Commission Interim Report – Calls for Mandatory CME for Opioid…
The White House’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (Opioid Commission) has issued an interim report,…
New Report Releases Strategies to Reduce Opioid Epidemic
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a report, requested by the United States Food and…