Tag Archive for: addiction

Pharmacy operators CVS (CVS.N), Walmart (WMT.N), and Walgreens (WBA.O) on Tuesday urged Ohio’s highest court to conclude they cannot be held liable for fueling an opioid epidemic in two of the state’s counties that won a $650.9 million judgment against them.

Emergent BioSolutions announced today it has named former Bausch + Lomb CEO Joseph Papa to the top job as the company, which makes the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan, aims to return to revenue growth.

SAFE Project, a nonprofit committed to overcoming the addiction epidemic in the US, announces the launch of the song It Ain’t 5 O’clock Somewhere to combat pro-drinking messages in country music and encourage listeners to drink in moderation.

The powerhouse of weight loss and type 2 diabetes drugs, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists have also shown the potential to treat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease—and early research suggests they could treat addiction, too.

The U.S. Department of Justice asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Purdue Pharma from proceeding with a bankruptcy settlement that protects its Sackler family owners from lawsuits.

BioSpace sat down with Katy Powell, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in Portland, Oregon, to discuss the relative risks and benefits associated with psychedelic-assisted therapy.