FDA Accepts Filing of New Drug Application for Nalmefene Auto-injector for the Treatment of Known or Suspected Opioid Overdose

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Purdue Pharma L.P. (“Purdue”) announced today that FDA has accepted for filing the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for the auto-injector delivery form of nalmefene hydrochloride injection*. If the auto-injector is approved, it would be the second nalmefene-containing medicine developed by Purdue to specifically address the growing number of opioid overdose deaths, including those due to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. It would be the first nalmefene