Opioid addict Martin has seen the deadly fentanyl replace heroin as the most prevalent drug in New York. Now he’s trying to avoid “tranq,” a flesh-eating drug increasingly causing concern across America. “It makes holes in your body, your skin,” said the 45-year-old, whose wounds on his legs and arms signify he may have unknowingly...
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Fentanyl Vaccine a Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Crisis
Megan Brooks November 18, 2022 Texas-based researchers have developed a vaccine that blocks the euphoric effects of fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid that is increasingly involved in opioid overdose deaths in the United States. In studies in male and female mice, the vaccine generated significant and long-lasting levels of anti-fentanyl antibodies that were highly effective at reducing the...
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Altair Medical awarded FDA Breakthrough Device status to address the global opioid crisis
Altair Medical, a medical technology company developing a groundbreaking solution to the global opioid crisis, today announce that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded the Company Breakthrough Device designation for its RESPMETERTM wearable biosensor device. Altair Medical’s RESPMETERTM is a chest-worn wireless sensor that accurately detects when someone is suffering Opioid Indused...
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Federal Judge Orders Release Of Dataset Showing Drug Industry’s Role In Opioid Crisis
BRIAN MANN For the first time, a federal court in Ohio is releasing a trove of data that offers far more detail about the size and scope of the nation’s opioid epidemic – and about the role played by drug companies and pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens and Johnson & Johnson that profited from the rapid...