WALTHAM, Mass., Oct 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved VIVITROL® (naltrexone for extended-release ...
MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace said the jail has successfully implemented the first of a multi-step re-entry program meant to help those battling opioid addiction. Part of the program ...
Chris Verzwyvelt, 34, has been in and out of prison half a dozen times over the past decade. He never served more than two years at a stretch, but most took him away from his son, now 8. His offenses ...
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- It's not a miracle cure for opioid and heroin addiction, but a drug called Vivitrol is helping some addicts avoid a relapse. "It's an opioid blocker. So basically it attaches to ...
The vast majority of people who are incarcerated have substance abuse issues, and that abuse is often a cause for recidivism. One solution? Get them treatment quickly. A new program in Anchorage is ...
WALTHAM, Mass., Sep 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 12 to ...
First approved by the FDA for use to treat opioid addiction in 2002, buprenorphine-based medications are most often taken as pills or films that dissolve under the tongue or inside the cheek. Last ...
DUBLIN, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study evaluating the efficacy and safety of naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension ...
WALTHAM, Mass.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) today announced that the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for VIVITROL ® (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension) ...
The U.S. Food & Drug Adminstration has issued a warning letter to Alkermes, Inc., the makers of Vivitrol, for failing to disclose the injectable drug's most serious risks in an advertisement. Vivitrol ...
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey mentioned the anti-opiate Vivitrol prominently in his state-of-the-state address this year, saying that some call it a “miracle drug.” But U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, a ...