FDA accepts Pfizer's NDA for abuse-deterrent opioid
- The FDA accepts for review Pfizer's (PFE -0.1%) New Drug Application (NDA) for ALO-02 (oxycodone hydrochloride and naltrexone hydrochloride) extended-release capsules for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate.
- ALO-02 incorporates abuse-deterrent technology. The capsules contain pellets consisting of the opioid, oxycodone, surrounding sequestered naltrexone hydrochloride, an opioid receptor antagonist. When used as directed, patients receive oxycodone in an extended release manner with no effect from the naltrexone. If the pellets are crushed in an attempt to misuse or abuse ALO-02, naltrexone is released, counteracting the effects of oxycodone.
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