slimvictor
Bluelight Crew
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2008
- Messages
- 6,483
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has blocked generic drug manufacturers from producing versions of the old crushable form of OxyContin that was widely abused across the nation — a decision applauded by politicians and law enforcement.
"The FDA will not approve any generics to the original formulation of OxyContin," said FDA spokeswoman Morgan Liscinsky, adding that there are no FDA-approved generics of OxyContin on the market now.
Manufacturer Purdue Pharma's patent on the original drug was set to expire Tuesday, and activists, lawmakers and doctors worried that cheaper, easily crushable generic versions would flood Kentucky and exacerbate the state's already devastating drug-abuse problem.
cont at
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/16/fda-blocks-generic-oxycontin/2089325/
"The FDA will not approve any generics to the original formulation of OxyContin," said FDA spokeswoman Morgan Liscinsky, adding that there are no FDA-approved generics of OxyContin on the market now.
Manufacturer Purdue Pharma's patent on the original drug was set to expire Tuesday, and activists, lawmakers and doctors worried that cheaper, easily crushable generic versions would flood Kentucky and exacerbate the state's already devastating drug-abuse problem.
cont at
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/16/fda-blocks-generic-oxycontin/2089325/