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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The FDA Commissioner Highlighted a New CDC Report Citing ‘No Evidence’ Of Chronic Opioid Benefit When Discussing Potential Labeling Changes. • Source: Shutterstock

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.

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