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Nurses, Other Health Care Workers at High Risk of Drug Overdose

TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 – As the United States wrestles with soaring drug overdose deaths, new research finds that nurses, social and behavioral health care workers and health care support workers are...

FDA Approves RiVive (naloxone hydrochloride) Over-the-Counter Nasal Spray for the Emergency Treatment of Opioid Overdose

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania--(Newsfile Corp. - July 28, 2023) - Harm Reduction Therapeutics (HRT), Inc., a nonprofit pharmaceutical company, announced today that FDA has approved OTC RiVive™ (naloxone H...

FDA Approves Opvee (nalmefene hydrochloride) Prescription Nasal Spray to Reverse Opioid Overdose

RICHMOND, Va., May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – Indivior PLC (LSE: INDV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opvee® (nalmefene) nasal spray for the emergency t...

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Designation for Emergent BioSolutions’ Narcan Nasal Spray, a Historic Milestone for the Opioid Overdose Emergency Treatment

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Today, Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Narcan® Naloxone HCl Nasal ...

FDA Approves Zimhi (naloxone hydrochloride) Injection for the Treatment of Opioid Overdose

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq: ADMP) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Adamis’ Zimhi™ (naloxone HC...

FDA Approves Kloxxado (naloxone hydrochloride) Nasal Spray for Emergency Treatment of Opioid Overdose

LONDON, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma), the multinational pharmaceutical company, announces the approval of Kloxxado (naloxone hydrochloride) nasal spray 8mg, by the...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection, USP, 0.4 mg/mL, 1 mL in 2.5 mL in the Carpuject™ Single-use Cartridge Syringe System by Hospira: Recall - Due to the Potential Presence of Particulate Matter

ISSUE: Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer company, is voluntarily recalling lots 72680LL and 76510LL of Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection, USP, 0.4 mg/mL, 1 mL in 2.5 mL, Carpuject Single-use cartridge syringe...

Narcan (naloxone HCl) Nasal Spray 2mg Approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

January 25, 2017 – Dublin, Ireland – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Narcan Nasal Spray as a 2mg formulation for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid ove...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Morphine Sulfate 0.5 mg/mL Preservative Free in 0.9 percent Sodium Chloride by by Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals: Recall - Super-potent Product

ISSUE: FDA is alerting health care professionals of a voluntary recall of morphine sulfate 0.5 mg/mL preservative free in 0.9% sodium chloride, 1 mL syringe, CII, for intravenous use made and...

FDA Approves Narcan (naloxone) Nasal Spray to Treat Opioid Overdose

November 18, 2015 – Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan nasal spray, the first FDA-approved nasal spray version of naloxone hydrochloride, a life-saving medication that can...

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