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Despite criticism and concerns, FDA approves a new opioid 10 times more powerful than fentanyl

In a highly controversial move, the Food and Drug Administration approved an especially powerful opioid painkiller despite criticism that the medicine could be a “danger” to public health. And in doing so, the agency addressed wider regulatory thinking for endorsing such a medicine amid nationwide angst about overdoses and deaths attributed to opioids. FDA Commissioner Scott...