Kaléo launches government biz unit
Richmond-based Kaléo on Thursday announced the formation of a new government business unit to focus on domestic and international procurement of the company’s system to reverse the effect of weaponized opioids as well as to provide access to it for military and civilian stockpiles. Kaléo’s Rapid Opioid Countermeasure System (ROCS) is a 10 mg Naloxone […]
FDA moves toward menthol cigarettes ban
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it plans to ban sales of menthol cigarettes, a billion-dollar industry in which Philip Morris USA has a 9.4% market share. Philip Morris USA, a subsidiary of Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc., manufactures Marlboro menthol cigarettes among its other brands, but R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s Newport cigarettes […]