Ex­clu­sive: Bi­par­ti­san let­ter to Mer­rick Gar­land warns of opi­oid over­dose drug short­ages

De­mo­c­rat Mar­cy Kap­tur of Ohio joined with Re­pub­li­can Andy Har­ris of Mary­land in pen­ning a new let­ter to At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Mer­rick Gar­land rais­ing fresh con­cerns about the most re­cent opi­oid set­tle­ments that re­quire Te­va Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals to pro­vide more than $200 mil­lion worth of nalox­one sup­plies to just three states over 10 years, and which might cre­ate short­ages else­where.

The let­ter, first ob­tained by End­points News, ques­tions what Gar­land’s plans are mov­ing for­ward, es­pe­cial­ly con­sid­er­ing Con­gress pre­vi­ous­ly raised warn­ings in Au­gust 2020 that man­u­fac­tur­ers sup­ply­ing MAT drugs to states at no cost in lieu of pay­ing out their set­tle­ments could cre­ate bot­tle­necks in sup­plies.

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