The RiVive over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray. [Image from Harm Reduction Therapeutics]
Harm Reduction Therapeutics announced that it received FDA approval for its over-the-counter RiVive naloxone nasal spray.Pittsburgh-based HRT designed the 3 mg naloxone HCl nasal spray for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose. Approval helps make free or low-cost OTC nasal spray widely available in the U.S.
The FDA first approved Narcan 4 mg OTC naloxone nasal spray in March of this year. A different opioid overdose therapeutic, the Opvee nalmefene hydrochloride nasal spray from Opiant Pharmaceuticals, received approval in May.
RiVive uses an easy-to-use standard dose unit system. Each nasal spray device contains one dose. HRT plans to offer it exclusively in twin packs containing two single-dose devices.
“We are grateful that FDA granted RiVive approval so we can now achieve what most thought i…