Alkermes (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALKS]]), the Waltham, MA-based biotech company, is announcing today it has filed an application with the FDA to start marketing a long-lasting version of naltrexone (Vivitrol) for people who are addicted to opioid-based narcotics. The Alkermes treatment, a once-monthly injection, is already approved by the FDA for treating alcohol dependence. Alkermes has asked the FDA for a faster-than-usual six-month review of its new application.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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