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Overdose Antidote Maker Will Give Rebates To Public Agencies

Cory Shaffer
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Northeast ohio media Group

  Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says the manufacturer of a drug overdose antidote will provide rebates for public agencies buying the drug over the next year.  

DeWine had asked California-based Amphastar for the rebates after the cost of supplies of the drug naloxone nearly doubled.  Under the deal announced Wednesday, Amphastar will provide a $6 rebate for each naloxone syringe bought by a non-federal public entity in Ohio in the next 12 months.  The drug, which is used to limit or stop overdoses on heroin and other opioids, has been administered an estimated 74,000 times in Ohio between 2003 and 2012, according to DeWine's office.  Amphastar recently reached a similar rebate agreement with New York. The news comes as the Ohio House is expected to approve a bill later today expanding the antidote's use across the state.
 

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