Naloxone Sponsor Steps In Pricing Hole Disputing FDA's Cost Estimates
Executive Summary
While arguing that US FDA overestimated inflation and fill rates when calculating annual cost of co-prescribing naloxone with opioids, Adapt Pharma opened door to pricing pledge questions that the Narcan sponsor could not answer.
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