FDA Adopts Interim Plan to Avoid Shortage of Medically Necessary Opioid

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Title: FDA Adopts Interim Plan to Avoid Shortage of Medically Necessary Opioid

FDA Adopts Interim Plan to Avoid Shortage of Medically Necessary Opioid
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:11:00 -0500

The U.S Food and Drug Administration today amended its March 30, 2009, action warning manufacturers to stop the production and distribution of certain unapproved prescription opioids, to allow the continued marketing and distribution of one particular type of opioid -- a high concentrate morphine sulfate oral solution -- on an interim basis.

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