FDA Plans Meeting On 'Unprecedented' Steps To Combat Opioid Crisis, Including Nationwide PDMP

FDA will hold a meeting Jan. 30 weighing a number of steps FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb called unprecedented to deal with the opioid crisis, including requiring sponsors create nationwide Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Other proposals to be aired at the meeting include mandating additional prescriber documentation when prescribing opioids above a certain threshold, potentially imposing additional measures to improve patient storage and handling of opioids, and the possibility of requiring sponsors create mandatory opioid take-back programs. The meeting announcement...