Duragesic, Fentanyl News

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke out on Monday, calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin and prescription opioids an "urgent public health crisis."

Since a rash of overdoses on the city's West Side last week left two dead, investigators have been working to track down the source of a deadly heroin concoction laced with the super-strength pain killer fentanyl.

The prescribed version of fentanyl is dangerous enough if used incorrectly. There have been local cases where young people ate fentanyl patches, which are meant to treat severe pain in cancer patients.

Cleveland men accused of pushing a deadly mixture of heroin and fentanyl linked to a fatal overdose appeared in court Monday on involuntary manslaughter charges, after a third man was arrested in connection with the case Friday.

Most patients with multiple defects of the cytochrome P450 system, which is largely responsible for metabolizing opioids, naturally gravitated toward an opioid regimen primarily metabolized through the cytochrome P450 3A4 enzyme or a non-cytochrome, metabolic pathway, a new study suggests.

In a 24-hour period Thursday to Friday, first responders answered calls for 15 drug overdoses, the city's fire chief said.

WODONGA police have charged a Border man with trafficking the deadly painkiller fentanyl in a ground-breaking development in the fight against its abuse.

The prescribed version of fentanyl is dangerous enough if used incorrectly. There have been local cases where young people ate fentanyl patches, which are meant to treat severe pain in cancer patients.

Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding INSYS Therapeutics, Inc. , Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. , Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. , Air Methods Corp. , and AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. .

Opioids are a family of pain medications chemically related to opium and heroin.

The looming threat of fentanyl - and its ability to give heroin a potent and even deadlier kick - has hit local streets.

The company, which gets most of its sales from breakthrough pain treatment Subsys, has soared more than 700% in the past year.

The Cuyahoga County medical examiner has issued a warning for heroin useres: he is seeing cases in which fentanyl is substituted for heroin with deadly consequences.

A webcast of the presentation can be accessed via the Investor Relations page of the Depomed website at www.depomed.com .

Two men and a woman, all in their 20s, are facing a series of drug trafficking and possession charges, Greater Sudbury Police said in a release Wednesday.

Down East EMS ran nearly 150 calls in February 2014. A majority were emergency calls with the remainder being transfers.

Corium International plans to raise up to $50 million in an IPO to help with its efforts to develop patches used in drug delivery.

Fourth quarter 2013 highlights include: Revenues from Subsys were $39.2 million, up 719% over fourth quarter of 2012 levels and up 38% as compared with $28.4 million in the third quarter of 2013; Net income of $24.1 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $7.1 million, or per basic and diluted share, for the fourth quarter of ... (more)

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Galena Biopharma , a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing innovative, targeted oncology treatments that address major unmet medical needs to advance cancer care, today announced the launch of Galena Patient Services , a full-service support program designed to enhance patient access to commercial products offered by the Company.