Purdue Pharma's reformulated OxyContin (oxycodone extended-release) may be less susceptible to abuse and manipulation than the currently marketed version, but risk management plans and postmarketing studies will be critical to determining whether the formulation is actually safer, the US FDA's outside experts have said.
The anaesthetic and life support drugs and drug safety/risk management advisory panels voted 14 to four, with one abstention, that...







