OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma will stop promoting opioid drugs to doctors the company said in a surprise announcement. The company said that it will no longer send representatives to doctors’ offices to promote the highly-addictive painkiller. Half of its sales …
Continue ReadingNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced lawsuits against eight pharmaceutical companies yesterday, accusing them of aiding and abetting an opioid crisis that has claimed 1,000 lives in New York City in 2016 alone. “Big Pharma helped to …
Continue ReadingThe FDA has announced new requirements for the labeling of prescription cough and cold medicines that contain opioids, indicating that they should no longer be given to children under the age of 18. The FDA says the new requirements …
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