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Winter 2022

FURTHER DISSEMINATION A MAJOR GOAL FOR ADVOCATES OF GROUNDBREAKING REPORT ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHRONIC PAIN TREATMENT

In the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, the first major federal legislation to address the opioid crisis, Congress included one provision on pain management. It directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary to appoint a panel of the nation’s foremost experts in pain management to report on the best ways to manage pain now, to pinpoint gaps in pain care—and to offer recommendations to fill them.

THE ROADMAP TO MEDICATION DEVELOPMENT: FROM MOLECULE TO APPROVAL

Most people never give a second thought to the months, years, and even decades it may take for a new drug to pass stringent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards. There are countless safeguards and testing processes involved in developing a new medication or device that ensure an approved drug works as advertised and doesn’t cause harm.