The Food and Drug Administration has approved an auto-injector developed by a Richmond pharmaceutical company for emergency treatment of an overdose involving powerful painkillers. EVZIO is a ...
Richmond-based Kaleo has announced a program that allows local law enforcement agencies to receive medicine to treat emergency opioid overdoses for free. The pharmaceutical company says the Henrico ...
BOSTON - The price of an injectable overdose-reversing drug designed for use by laypeople has skyrocketed, prompting outrage from first-responders, health advocates and elected officials. Kaléo, a ...
While naloxone effectively reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, medical experts said the rising price of one form of the drug may limit overall access to the life-saving medicine. Opioid ...
A Richmond pharmaceutical company faces national criticism and the ire of at least two U.S. senators after increasing the price of its anti-overdose drug by more than 550 percent. Since 2014, the ...
The use of opioids has become an epidemic in the U.S., leading to swathes of overdoses all over the country. Some people in power see this as a warning for work that needs to be done in communities ...
Evzio, a naloxone auto injector used to treat opioid overdoses, has increased in price by 680 percent in two years. Cliff Owen AP As the number of Americans dying from opioid overdoses continues to ...