FDA to Award $40,000 in Naloxone App Competition

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is challenging computer programmers and others to create a mobile phone application to connect opioid users having an overdose with nearby providers of the overdose antidote naloxone. The winner of the FDA’s 2016 Naloxone App Competition will receive $40,000, the agency announced Monday. Individuals and teams have until Oct. 7 to register. Registered participants will have access to background resources, including information on the opioid epidemic, the approved formulations of naloxone, the public health recommendations for the safe and appropriat...