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The Dig: Racism, Class, and the Opioid Crisis

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Is Suboxone an Orphan?

Suboxone is being and beep an orphan the the generic name is being introduced into public insurance settings but after the original patent has run out. After the demographics of black and brown overdose are becoming obvious in the machinery the public pressure for publicly-intered patients to get access is applied. It's a time-tested strategy on the part of pharma manufacturers. They know that as The clock runs out on a patent their strategies for marketing have to shift.

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