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Painkillers, heroin drive increase in US overdose deaths
2015-12-11 01:10:54| Biotech - Topix.net
This Feb. 19, 2013 file photo shows OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. In a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in December 2015, drug overdoses in the U.S. rose again in 2014, driven by surges in deaths from heroin and powerful prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin.
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Stanford team turns yeast into painkillers
2015-08-14 02:28:46| Biotech - Topix.net
A Stanford team has turned lowly baker's yeast into a manufacturing platform for painkilling medicines, raising the prospect of better and more reliable drug production far from rural poppy fields. The scientists, led by chemical engineer Christina Smolke, conducted perhaps the most formidable feat of synthetic biology yet: inserting 23 genes from three very different creatures -- a rat, a plant and a bacterium -- into a single yeast cell.
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Feds: Derby nurse prescribed potent painkillers in kickback scheme
2015-06-25 02:09:22| Biotech - Topix.net
Federal charges against Derby nurse Heather Alfonso center on a powerful and addictive painkiller called Subsys, which has been heavily marketed by the Arizona-based manufacturer Insys Therapeutics, federal officials confirmed Wednesday. Alfonso, 42, of Middlebury, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford to receiving $83,000 in kickbacks from January 2013 until March 2015 from a pharmaceutical company that makes a drug used to treat cancer pain.
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CDC: Number of Deaths Linked to Prescription Painkillers Has Quadrupled Since 1999
2014-09-16 11:53:38| Biotech - Topix.net
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new figures on Tuesday showing that the number of deaths caused by opioid prescription painkillers, such as Vicodin and OxyContin, are significantly higher than in years past. According to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, the number of deaths caused by prescription painkillers has climbed from 4,263 in 1999 to almost 19,000 in 2011.
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The epidemic in our midst: Painkillers, opioids and heroin
2014-08-26 21:10:24| PortlandOnline
What: Learn why opioid addiction has soared to epidemic proportions. A panel of experts will present the latest information about Oregons opioid crisis and discuss strategies to overcome this public health epidemic. When: Thursday, Oct. 2, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Where: Oregon Health & Science University Old Library Auditorium, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland Cost: Free. Event sponsored by the Center for Public Advocacy, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
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