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Gottlieb Highlights New Steps to Guide Opioid Prescribing
On August 22, 2018, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., released a statement on…
Insys Agrees to Settlement Regarding Opioid Sales Probe
On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, Insys Therapeutics announced a deal to pay $150 million to resolve the United States Department of…
FDA Releases Draft Guidance on New MAT Opioid Use Disorder Treatments
On August 6, 2018, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance, Opioid Use Disorder: Endpoints…
Doctors Do Their Part in the Battle Against Opioids
In a report released by the American Medical Association (AMA) , it was found that nationwide, more than 19 million fewer…
Swarming on the Opioid Crisis (Part 2)
This is the second article in the series exploring the major themes emerging from recent efforts to combat the ‘opioid crisis’ and…
Are Doctors Really Influenced by the Pharmaceutical Industry?
Recently, Rafael Fonseca, MD and John A. Tucker, MBA, PhD, issued a critical analysis of a recent study that drew correlations…
MEDX Rockpointe Primary Care 2018 Conferences feature 3 hours of education…
In an effort to fight the opioid crisis and to help physicians and other health care providers meet state CME requirements for…
Lawsuit Filed Over New York Opioid Tax and Stewardship Law
Recently, the Healthcare Distribution Alliance filed a federal complaint in the Southern District of New York, arguing that the…
House Passes Sweeping Bi-Partisan Opioid Legislation CBO Outlines the Cost
Late last week, the US House of Representatives passed a series of bipartisans bills and combined them into one large bill to…
Health Canada Takes on Opioid Transparency – Notice of Intent to…
In the United States, the need for transparency when it comes to prescribing opioids has been a topic of discussion for months…