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Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse New Drugs with High Abuse Potential More Likely to Be Approved, Go to Market to Treat Pain
CHICAGO – “Despite the prevalence and societal costs of pain in the United States, investment in pain medication development is low, due in part to poor understanding of the probability of successful development of such medications,” said the authors of a study published Online First in Anesthesiology, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).