US FDA To Withdraw Pain Drug Guidance As Part Of Response To Opioid Epidemic

"At least four" guidances will replace it, Commissioner Gottlieb notes in frank update which states "I don’t want to look back ten years from now and wish there were more policies we had pursued, or more steps we had taken, to stop the advance of this crisis."

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The US FDA is planning to withdraw its existing guidance on the development of pain products and replace it with more specific documents as part of the agency's efforts to combat the opioid crisis.

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