Tag: pharmaceuticals
Purdue Backs Fraud Claim Against Sacklers, Amid Scramble for Immunity
In bankruptcy court on July 9, OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma secured an injunction to ...
Walgreens Rolls Out $34.99 Naloxone, as Generics and OTC Gain Ground
Walgreens is rolling out an over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone nasal spray, which it will sell ...
The Opioid Settlements Being Paid in Naloxone Don’t Quite Add Up
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey-based manufacturer known for generics, has agreed to settle the ...
Seroquel Gave Me a Reminder That All Drugs Are Merely Tools
Drugs are not good or bad. They are simply morally neutral tools which can ...
DEA’s Rx Drug Take Back Day Branded Fun for All the Family
The worst thing I’ve seen suggested at one of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s biannual ...
Rx Drug Take Back Days Are Unhelpful at Best, Harmful at Worst
The Drug Enforcement Administration really, really wants you to give them your leftover prescription ...
Nan Goldin Isn’t Focused on the Sacklers Anymore
On March 10, 2018, photographer and activist Nan Goldin led dozens of protestors to ...
Will Missouri’s Opioid Settlement Payout Mean Much for Harm Reduction?
At least 1,921 Missourians died of opioid-involved overdose in 2020, an increase of almost ...
The US Faces a Naloxone Shortage at the Worst Possible Time
Life expectancy in the United States plunged by a year and a half in ...
Alzheimer’s Drug Approval “Damages FDA Credibility,” Advocates Say
When the Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new Alzheimer’s treatment on June ...
