Combatting Opioid Abuse: Joint Partnership with the Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative and The National Sheriffs’ Association

The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) recently partnered with the Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative (RALI), a dynamic alliance of organizations dedicated to finding solutions to the opioid crisis...
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New research shows increasing medication-assisted treatment rates could prevent 6.1 million overdoses and save over 800,000 lives

New research released this week highlights the barriers that patients face in accessing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) and the personal, health and societal...
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The Washington Post retracts PhRMA claim in opioid story

Earlier this week, The Washington Post falsely claimed that the PhRMA supported the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016 and spent $40 million advocating for its...
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PhRMA response to Washington Post and 60 Minutes stories

The opioid epidemic confronting America is a growing public health crisis from which none of us are immune. Its impact is felt by families across the country, in small towns and large cities, coast...
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Patient voices missing from media conversation about prescription drug abuse

Confronting and curtailing opioid abuse in America is a top public health priority and one to which PhRMA remains deeply committed. Mandating prescriber training, using state-based databases to...
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