Zogenix’s Painkiller Fails to Win Support of U.S. Advisers
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Zogenix Inc.’s pure hydrocodone painkiller Zohydro failed to win the backing of U.S. advisers, who said regulators should first take a closer look at measures to curb the abuse of opioids.
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 11-2 at a meeting today in Silver Spring, Maryland, that data submitted by the company fails to support approval. The agency must now decide by March 1 if it will follow the panel’s advice or allow San Diego-based Zogenix to sell the painkiller.