US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf offered subtle hints at a recent National Institutes of Health meeting that the agency may eventually try to curtail long-term opioid use through drug labeling.
Califf Hints At Labeling Changes For Opioids And Chronic Pain
Califf also said the agency is open to endpoints other than abstinence for new opioid use disorder treatments at the fourth annual NIH HEAL Initiative Investigator Meeting.
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