Opioid REMS Requires Sponsors To Launch Prescriber Training CME Within 9 Months

By the third year of continuing medical education efforts, FDA expects 60% of those who wrote a prescription for a long-acting/extended-release opioid in 2011 to receive training.

FDA expects the continuing medical education program that is the heart of the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies for long-acting/extended-release opioids to begin by March 1, 2013.

“There are approximately 320,000 prescribers of ER/LA opioid analgesics in the United States, and FDA expects companies to train 25%...

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