Synthetic opioids drive record-high surge in fatal overdoses
International Overdose Awareness Day, tomorrow on 31 August, is an opportunity for people across the globe to reflect on the many lives being destroyed by opioids, and the grief of their loved ones. Synthetic opioids are driving a record-high surge in fatal overdoses. With deaths caused by opioid misuse climbing to greater than 92,000[i] last year, it’s more important than ever to consider how we can prevent more broken lives.
[i] https://www.cdc.gov/
Sober Grid Users to Gain Access to Clinically Proven Digital Therapeutics Through New Commercial Partnership with Orexo
The digital therapeutics, which help manage problematic alcohol use and depression through a cognitive behavioral therapy-based approach, will be available to the Sober Grid community beginning August 2021.Orexo expects FDA filing of OX124 mid 2022
- OX124 is designed to reverse the effect of the most powerful synthetic opioids
- Synthetic opioids are behind the majority of fatal overdoses in the US, a development expected to increase due to Covid-19
- New Drug Application (NDA) filing expected mid 2022