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09.11.18, 07:04 AM #1
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OxyContin maker gets patent for drug to treat opioid addiction
Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 -- Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin who some have blamed for the epidemic of opioid painkiller addictions, has patented a medicine aimed at curbing those disorders.
The new anti-addiction drug is a fast-acting form of buprenorphine, which helps control drug cravings, CBS News reported. Previously prescribed in either tablet or fast-dissolving strips, the Purdue version comes in a "wafer" that dissolves in only a few seconds.
Richard Sackler, a member of Purdue's board, is listed as one of the inventors on the patent, CBS said. The Sackler family controls Purdue.
The announcement comes as Purdue finds itself in the middle of numerous lawsuits from states accusing the company of helping to create the opioid addiction crisis.
In one lawsuit, the Massachusetts attorney general accused Purdue of a "deadly, deceptive scheme to sell opioids." Purdue and the Sackler family deny the allegations.
Last week, Purdue donated $3.4 million to the developer of an over-the-counter version of naloxone, a drug often used to prevent a fatal opioid overdose. Purdue said it will not receive royalties from the new form of naloxone, which is being developed by Harm Reduction Therapeutics, CBS said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oxycont...oid-addiction/"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.” -- Gen. George S. Patton
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09.11.18, 08:04 AM #2
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Nice. Make billions off the problem you created and then make billions off the drug to help the problem
That's a sweet gig if you can get themCabo x 25
Van Halen x 11
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09.11.18, 08:46 AM #3
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Next I suppose Monsanto will be working on a cure for cancer?
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09.11.18, 07:47 PM
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As it gets more expensive to bring a treatment from idea to the market, something like $2.5 billion now, most of it on FDA compliance, fewer will be able to afford to do it. So in the system we’ve created, you’re going to see this kind of stuff.
That said, prescriptions are going down and overdoses/multi-drug intoxication are hitting highs. That’s due to unregulated street drugs and fentanyl. There’s also a massive shortage as the FDA forced Pfizer to make changes to unsanitary conditions. (It’s gotten bad enough my anesthesiologist sister-in-law says she’s soon going to just have to use a rubber mallet.)
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09.12.18, 12:33 AM
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I'm guessing this was their plan all along. Sad
09.12.18, 05:23 AM
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09.12.18, 09:14 AM
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Mission Impossible II was loosely based off this idea
09.12.18, 09:28 AM
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If I don't respond to you it means I have you on ignore, which means you are a douchenozzle.
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David Lee Roth did the impossible. He made Van Halen better. Deal with it!
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09.12.18, 09:32 AM
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If I don't respond to you it means I have you on ignore, which means you are a douchenozzle.
Emperor Brett - "I can't believe you guys are analyzing song-by-song Van Halen III? What next, analyzing the script of Stroker Ace looking for some shred of Citizen Kane?"
David Lee Roth did the impossible. He made Van Halen better. Deal with it!
A man's rights rests in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box
Hurricane Halen - Let's all gingery touch our sword tips!!!
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Bobby: (Dreamily) It's like this incredible warm feeling, submerged in bliss, being back in the womb...
Cousin Oliver: (wide eyed) Back in the womb?!! That sounds terrible!!!
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