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Expert witness: Johnson & Johnson's role in opioid crisis may be 'worse' than Purdue's firstwordpharma
June 12, 2019
An expert testified in an ongoing Oklahoma lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson suggested that the company may have had an even greater role in the opioid crisis than Purdue Pharma, CNN reported Tuesday.
Verily builds US drug rehab campus amid opioid crisis pharmaphorum
February 13, 2019
Alphabet’s life sciences division Verily is building a rehab campus to help combat the opioid crisis, according to a press report.
Statement by FDA Commissioner on Agency's Work to Address Opioid Crisis americanpharmaceuticalreview
August 30, 2018
Over the past 17 months, we've set out to address the opioid crisis forcefully, using all the agency's tools and authorities.
Facebook unveils new feature to battle opioid crisis pharmafile
June 22, 2018
Despite its highly-publicised transgressions recently, tech giant Facebook is looking to do the right thing by wading into the ongoing US opioid crisis with a new specialised feature on its social media platform.