A naloxone nasal spray, used to reverse opioid overdoses, has been approved as an over-the-counter drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, known by its brand name Narcan, will be available in stores and online by late summer 2023, its manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions said. Public Health officials hope the move will help reduce fatal overdoses.
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It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the exact impact will not be clear immediately.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug