Large advertisements for the drug Vivitrol decorate the walls of Grand Central Station on June 15, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein via Getty)

December 11, 2019 03:48 PM ESTUpdated December 12, 11:49 AM

FDA slaps down Alkermes for misleading Vivitrol ads — don't forget vulnerability to opioid overdose

Jason Mast

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The ads piqued interest as soon as they started appearing in 2016: at Grand Central Station, on the Red Line in Cambridge, and on a …

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