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Although ARS Pharmaceuticals’ approval for its epinephrine nasal spray came later than expected, the company ultimately received a thumbs up from the FDA in August and is now moving fast to expand ...

Since 2022, the federal government has invested $26.1 million to help make naloxone, a medicine that blocks the effects of ...

In 2023, more than 80,000 people in the United States died of opioid overdoses. An overdose occurs when a person takes too much of an opioid (morphine, heroin, fentanyl, etc.) or a combination of ...

The Mobile County Health Department is partnering with LTS Health to open 5 kiosks that will dispense Narcan and condoms for free to the community. MCHD says starting this week, 5 vending machines are ...

Emergent BioSolutions raised its revenue guidance and dropped a going concern warning. Its CEO is billing this next chapter ...

There’s been a large increase in the amount of bystanders who administer opioid reversal medication in the event of an ...

Naloxone is a life-saving medication which helps reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Improving naloxone access is a central pillar of the federal response to the worsening opioid crisis in the ...

It comes as the total number of deaths caused by drugs across England and Wales hit an all-time high. The UK Addiction Treatment Group said the figures were a "travesty", and warned the country is on ...

Two first-year transfer students are hoping to replicate the success of a similar SRJC recovery program while working to get ...

The number of drug-related deaths in Blackburn dropped last year despite figures across the country hitting an all-time high.