State Opioid Prescribing Databases Can Handle US FDA's Needs, Officials Say

Pharma firms might avoid paying for national opioid prescription monitoring database because state systems already talk to each other, although current operations still need some upgrades.

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Opioid sponsors may be able to avoid fronting the cost of creating a new national prescribing database for providers to check for potential patient misuse and abuse of the medications, should the US FDA decide such a system is necessary.

While some speakers during a Jan. 30 FDA meeting on opioid prescribing intervention strategy suggested that a new national system...

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