“When the American Medical Assn.’s annual meeting convenes in Chicago on Sunday, the powerful physicians’ lobby could push for government intervention to lower the price of the heroin overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
A resolution written by a Michigan doctor and three medical students notes the skyrocketing cost of the drug — a two-pack of auto-injecting syringes went from $690 in 2014 to more than $4,000 this year, while other forms of the drug have doubled in price — and calls on lawmakers and regulators to increase public access to affordable naloxone.”
Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-heroin-overdose-drug-20170610-story.html
Source: LATimes.com – June 10, 2017
