New regulations will expand access to treatment of opioid dependence in the US
Uppsala, Sweden – September 18, 2015 – Orexo AB (publ) informs, that yesterday the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced important steps to increase access to the treatment of opioid dependence in the US. According to HHS, overdoses from prescription opioid pain relievers claimed more than 16,200 lives in 2013. “The opioid epidemic knows no boundaries; it touches lives in cities, rural counties and suburban neighborhoods across the country,” said Secretary Burwell. The resulting health, social, and economic consequences for