STAT August 9, 2023
A nonprofit naloxone manufacturer is celebrating its recent market approval by giving away 200,000 doses of its over-the-counter nasal spray.
Harm Reduction Therapeutics said in a statement that it will donate nearly a quarter-million doses of its new product to the Remedy Alliance, an organization devoted to affordable naloxone access. The announcement comes on the heels of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Harm Reduction Therapeutics’ product RiVive, a new nasal naloxone spray used to reverse opioid overdose.
The 200,000-dose donation represents roughly 10% of Harm Reduction Therapeutics’ expected annual production, the nonprofit said.
“We founded Harm Reduction Therapeutics with the singular mission to prevent opioid overdose deaths,” Michael Hufford, the organization’s CEO, said in a statement. “We’re dedicated...