WASHINGTON: Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.
Vertex began researching the drug in the 2000s, when overdoses were rocketing upward, principally driven by mass prescribing ...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. gained US approval for the first new type of painkiller in more than two decades, paving the way ...