The acting commissioner's statement is intended to clarify "persistent misunderstanding" about the label for the opioid overdose rescue medication's injectable formulation.

Bankrupt Purdue proposes continued funding for developing OTC naloxone product through firm to sell ‘millions of doses’ of the emergency opioid overdose product at low or no cost. Harm Reduction Therapeutics, which previously received funding from Purdue, has pushed back target date for NDA until early 2021 for its OTC naloxone nasal spray.

HHS is slowly changing its rhetoric on the use of prescription opioids – edging away from crisis to finding positive trends. A new OIG report on opioid use in Medicare Part D emphasizes sustained positive trends in naloxone rescue and medication assisted treatment alternatives to opioid use disorder.