Gov. Larry Hogan authorized Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh to sue opioid manufacturers and distributors as part of several anti-opioid initiatives announced Tuesday. Hogan directed Frosh to sue on the grounds that opioid manufacturers and distributors misled the public ...

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will offer $1.5 million over two years to help find new clinical methods of addressing opioid use disorders surrounding the state’s opioid epidemic, the organization announced Wednesday at a press conference at Baltimore City Hall. The insurance carrier’s interest ...

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Maryland telemedicine startup emocha reached an agreement with Dallas-based Pathway Healthcare that will bring its technology for treating opioid use disorder into a private setting for the first time. Through emocha’s app, patients can remotely take doses of buprenorphine, used ...

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