Titan Plunges After FDA Rejects Drug–Addiction Treatment

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Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TTNP) plunged the most in 17 years after the company failed to win U.S. regulatory approval for an implant to treat addiction to heroin and prescription painkillers. Titan fell 74 percent to 43 cents at 4 p.m. New York time …
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Legislative effort to deal with prescription drug, meth abuse moving forward

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Richard Sears, D-Bennington, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the two major changes address what he saw as a major deficiency in the House bill, which did little, in his view, to expand drug abuse treatment. The Judiciary Committee added a …
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Expert testifies Michael Jackson doctor unqualified to treat insomnia, addiction

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Attorneys for both sides told the panel last week that Michael Jackson suffered from longstanding prescription drug addiction issues. Wohlgelernter said Murray had no formal training on how to treat such problems, and the former cardiologist was not …
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