FDA Commissioner Califf Introduces Overdose Prevention Framework

Commissioner Rob Califf discussed the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approach to the opioid crisis and how the agency will pivot in the near future. In the blog post, he noted that the FDA needs to reevaluate the metrics it uses to study safe usage guidelines for opioids. The agency will pursue this goal with its new Overdose Prevention Framework, which seeks to reduce overdoses with a multi-pronged approach.

According to Kevin Dunleavy, “In 2021, the United States saw a record 107,000 drug overdose deaths, Califf pointed out, four years after the opioid crisis was classified as a public health emergency, which remains in effect. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration estimates (PDF) that 18.4 million people are addicted in the U.S., with Black, American Indian and rural people most affected.”

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(Source: Fierce Pharma, August 31^st, 2022)