Coming Soon: New US FDA Opioid Plan
Executive Summary
Commissioner Robert Califf said the new plan should be released in August and include prongs to continue fighting the ongoing prescription opioid epidemic, as well as confront a new synthetic fentanyl and methamphetamine problem.
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