Oxycodone

Brand name: Oxycontin

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More information on oxycodone (OxyContin)

• Testimony Before the FDA’s Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee Regarding Reformulated Oxycontin, September 11, 2020
• Testimony Before the FDA’s Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee Regarding a Purportedly Abuse-Deterrent, Immediate-Release Form of Oxycodone, November 14, 2018
• Testimony Before the FDA’s Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee Regarding Extended Release Oxycodone, June 26, 2018
• Testimony Before the FDA’s Drug Safety and Risk Management and Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committees Regarding A New Extended-Release Oxycodone Product, July 26, 2017
• Congressional Testimony on OxyContin and the Prosecution of Purdue, July 31, 2007