Opioid REMS Revisions Reflect Some, Not All, Stakeholder Concerns

US FDA's education blueprint now asks sponsors to extend REMS to health providers beyond prescriber, but pain classifications remain unchanged.

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The US FDA's revised opioid Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) education blueprint appears to be a mixed bag for stakeholders hoping for changes from the previous version.

In a new draft of the blueprint issued Jan. 30 – an update from the original blueprint released in...

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