After years of legal wrangling, Purdue Pharma has agreed a deal to resolve litigation about its role in the US opioid epidemic that will cost it up to $8.3 billion.
Sweden’s Orexo says its opioid use disorder (OUD) digital therapeutic – now christened Modia – is on course for a launch before the end of the year in the US.
UK drugmaker Indivior looks finally to have put years of uncertainty over its exposure to opioid litigation in the US behind it, after agreeing a $600 million settlement.
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