After the FDA ordered Endo International to remove Opana ER from the market in June, the drugmaker ordered to voluntarily do so on July 6.
Anesthesia
Lexington-based University of Kentucky named Mark Newman, MD, executive vice president for health affairs.
Henry Havdala, MD, 86, former anesthesiology department chairman of Chicago's Mount Sinai Hospital died June 22, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Orange, Calif.-based Allied Anesthesia launched its new blog series, Allied Answers & Insights, to reach out to patients and answer commonly asked questions.
The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons' first Anesthesia Patient Safety Conference focused on increasing anesthesia patient safety efforts.
Cara Therapeutics stocks fell 40 percent after the company announced its non-opioid pain management drug, oral CR845, failed to significantly reduce pain in osteoarthritis patients, National Pain Report reports.
President Donald Trump nominated Jerome Adams, MD, to serve as U.S. Surgeon General.
Somnia Anesthesia released its annual study on the anesthesia labor market for 2016.
Brent Henderson, MD, and Jeff Halford, MD, opened a new Pain Management of Oklahoma clinic in Sallisaw, the Sequoyah County Times reports.
Boston Scientific awarded the Neuromodulation Fellowship Grant to Gainesville-based University of Florida Multi-specialty Pain Medicine Fellowship Program Director Rene Przkora, PhD.
