{"id":110442,"date":"2020-01-02T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110442"},"modified":"2020-01-02T12:41:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T17:41:55","slug":"ag-james-facilitates-access-to-life-saving-opioid-overdose-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110442","title":{"rendered":"AG James facilitates access to life-saving opioid overdose drug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Attorney General Letitia James<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pharmaceutical firm agrees to renegotiate terms that may have\nprevented supply of patented device to potential competitors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an\nagreement negotiated with Emergent BioSolutions \u2014 manufacturers of the\nsuccessful opioid overdose reversal nasal spray NARCAN \u2014 in an effort to\nincrease opportunity for additional companies to utilize the patented,\nproprietary spray technology that allows for life-saving drugs to be easily\nadministered to patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven the tragic, devastating effects of the opioid crisis\nand the urgent need for additional drugs for the emergency treatment of opioid\noverdoses, my office will do whatever possible to ensure that there are no\nunnecessary impediments to the development of additional life-saving opioid\noverdose reversal drugs,\u201d James said. \u201cI\u2019m proud to announce that additional\ncompanies will be able to gain access to these nasal spray devices. With more\ncompanies able to access this easy-to-use technology, our hope is that we can\nreduce the number of opioid overdose deaths across New York and this nation and\nsave millions of additional lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2016, Adapt Pharma, Inc., launched a naloxone\nnasal spray branded as NARCAN in the United States. While naloxone has been\nused for decades by first-responders and others for the emergency treatment of\nknown or suspected opioid overdoses, NARCAN\u2019s nasal spray device makes it a\nconvenient, non-invasive option that can be used safely, easily, effectively\nand without risk by any person without any sort of medical training. In October\n2018, Adapt was acquired by Emergent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Office of the Attorney General\nrevealed that before being acquired by Emergent, Adapt entered into a contract\nwith the manufacturer of the nasal spray device used in NARCAN, which may have\nhad the effect of restricting the nasal spray device manufacturer from\nsupplying similar devices to other companies attempting to develop their own\nnasal nalmefene product \u2014 potentially impeding the development of additional\nlife-saving drugs. Clinical literature suggests that nalmefene has the\npotential to be a successful, life-saving opioid overdose reversal drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James laid out her concerns, and Emergent and the Office of\nthe Attorney General came to an agreement that would ensure Emergent no longer\nenforces the terms of the previously negotiated exclusivity contract.\nAdditionally, the agreement will ensure Emergent renegotiates the contract with\nits nasal spray device manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This matter was handled by Assistant Attorney General Saami\nZain of the Antitrust Bureau, under the supervision of Bureau Chief Beau\nBuffier and Deputy Bureau Chief Elinor Hoffmann. The Antitrust Bureau is a unit\nof the Economic Justice Division overseen by Chief Deputy Attorney General\nChristopher D\u2019Angelo and First Deputy Attorney General Jennifer Levy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pharmaceutical firm agrees to renegotiate terms that may have prevented supply of patented device to potential competitors New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement negotiated with Emergent BioSolutions \u2014 manufacturers of the successful opioid overdose reversal nasal spray NARCAN \u2014 in an effort to increase opportunity for additional companies to utilize the patented, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,23814,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-state","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-sJk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Attorney-General-Letitia-James.jpg?fit=2832%2C4256&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}