Cefic has agreed to make sure its members only sell the intermediate gamma butyrolactone (GBL) to legitimate users to stop it being abused or used in “date rape” drug GHB.
Blocking the neuropeptides that regulate arousal and appetite could lead to a treatment for cocaine addiction, says Heptares which has received an NIH development grant.
Addicts struggling to kick a meth habit could be helped by gene therapy according to the team behind a US National Institutes of Health funded project.
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a petition to force drugmakers to reformulate CNS-acting drugs like Adderall, Ritalin, and painkillers to prevent illegal use, but experts say the rule is only a matter of time.
Reckitt Benckiser’ opioid addiction drug Suboxone delivered by sublingual film has shown a 'surprising' level of resilience against generic competition, the firm says as it plans to spin-out its pharmaceutical business.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can require opioid generics to have abuse-deterrent properties if the same requirements are applicable to their brand name counterparts, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said in a letter to Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.)...
Materials company, Micromuscle, has developed an electro-active
polymer technology that allows the controlled release of liquid
medications that reflect an emerging class of advanced materials
with new revolutionary properties.
A new formulation technology developed by Rohm and Haas has the
potential to do away with the problem of prescription drug abuse
and make medicines safer in overdose. In-Pharmatechnologist.com
discussed this and other applications...
