Politico September 5, 2023
A sensor attached to the body to detect the first sign of an overdose.
Drone deliveries of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone.
Those are two of the 12 novel ideas the British government is funding in an effort to reduce fatal drug overdoses across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The government’s Office for Life Sciences plans to invest the equivalent of $6.2 million in the projects.
Why it matters: The U.K. recorded 6,400 overdose deaths in 2021 in a population of some 126.5 million people — significantly lower than in the U.S. — but the number of fatalities has increased in recent years.
“This runs to the core of what our Science Superpower ambition is all about: tackling...
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