Makers of Opioid Addiction Treatment Sued

suboxone are being accused of blocking generic competitors — artificially spiking its price. today attorneys general in 36 states — including delaware maryland and virginia — filed an antitrust lawsuit — alleging that suboxone was switched from a tablet form to a dissolvable film purely to prevent or delay generic alternatives — and thereby maintain monopoly profits. no generic alternative to the film version is currently available. suboxone is a mix of buprenorphine and naloxone which, in 2002, was approved by the food and drug administration to treat addiction to heroin and prescription painkillers annual sales of suboxone top $1 billion, according to the lawsuit. in cambridge police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened last