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FDA staff flags dosing risk with Collegium opioid painkiller

Staff at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday of the risks of incorrect dosing of another experimental opioid painkiller, highlighting the agency’s concern about drugs that can be highly addictive. The FDA staff said Collegium Pharmaceuticals Inc’s experimental oral opioid painkiller, to be sold as Xtampza if approved, could be wrongly used as it is designed to be taken after eating to provide maximum relief. Typically, opioid

New iPhones, Apple TV expected as Apple prepares for event

By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Journalists and analysts crowded outside a century-old San Francisco arena where Apple Inc is expected to unveil a pair of new iPhones, a larger iPad and an updated Apple TV on Wednesday. As lines stretched out across the square that links San Francisco City Hall to the 6,000-seat Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, which is adorned with a big Apple logo, Apple Senior Vice