Opioid REMS Prescriber Education Should Be Mandatory, FDA Panel Says

This time, the agency may be ready to agree with its advisory committee.

For the second time in six years, FDA has received a clear directive from its external experts that opioid prescriber education should be mandatory, not voluntary, under the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for extended-release/long-acting products.

On May 4, all 30 members of two advisory committees – Drug Safety and Risk Management, and Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products – voted in favor of modifying the REMS rather than

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