Abuse-Deterrent Opioids: Postmarketing Data Eyed As Development ‘Anchor’

Panelists at US FDA advisory committee on Inspirion's RoxyBond note reservations about abuse-deterrent claims absent more real-world data on how they work; FDA's Staffa suggests agency is eager to see how well premarket work predicts postmarket experience – though the data are far from being available.

Recent US FDA advisory committees have struggled with the lack of real-world data on how well abuse-deterrent opioids actually curtail abuse, but the most recent discussion underscores how the agency will look to postmarket studies to shape development requirements.

“I think we don’t know at all yet what these products are actually doing in the marketplace, but we are...

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