FDA approves first once-monthly buprenorphine injection to treat opioid addiction

Indivior (LON:INDV) shares jumped today after the FDA approved its once-monthly buprenorphine injection for the treatment of opioid addiction in adult patients who have started therapy with a transmucosal buprenorphine product.

The company’s once-monthly injection is the first medication-assisted treatment option of its kind, the regulatory agency touted. Before Indivior’s Sublocade was approved, all other available buprenorphine-based treatment options were administered as a tablet, film or via an implant.

“Given the scale of the opioid crisis, with millions of Americans already affected, the FDA is committed to expanding access to treatments that can help people pursue lives of sobriety. Everyone who seeks treatment for opioid use disorder deserves the opportunity to be offered the treatment best suited to the needs of each individual patient, in combination with counseling and psychosocial support, as part of a comprehensive recovery plan,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said in prepared remarks.

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