What We're Reading: New FDA Head Vows More Efforts to Stem Opioid Abuse Epidemic
What we're reading, March 2, 2016: FDA commissioner pledges stronger efforts to develop harder-to-abuse painkillers; Olympus Corp. agrees to largest settlement for violating anti-kickback laws; and the Supreme Court hears Texas abortion case with just 8 members on the bench.
When the new FDA commissioner, Robert Califf, MD, was confirmed last week, it was over concerns from some senators that his agency had not done enough to combat the rising painkiller abuse epidemic. Now, Dr Califf is pledging to back efforts to develop painkillers that are harder to abuse,
Olympus Corp. will pay $646 million to resolve probes into illegal kickbacks and bribes to doctors and hospitals.
On Wednesday a closely watched abortion case went before the US Supreme Court. With only 8 justices on the bench, the court no longer has 5 conservatives who might support more restrictive abortion regulations nationwide,
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