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Abuse-Deterrent Opioids: Where Are They Now?

 
• By Jessica Merrill

The potential blockbuster category for abuse-deterrent opioids has fizzled. A few stalwarts are pushing on, but the return on investment for many drug manufacturers has been disappointing. Scrip tracked how opioids approved in the last eight years have performed.

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Sales of abuse-deterrent opioids have not lived up to expectations.

The commercial market for abuse-deterrent opioids was thought to have blockbuster potential eight years ago, when drug makers started investing heavily in the therapeutic space on the heels of FDA's approval of an abuse-deterrent formulation of Purdue Pharma LP's big seller OxycontinXR (oxycodone). Flash forward to 2018 and the millions of dollars invested in the development of abuse-deterrent opioids appears to have gone up in smoke.

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