App aiming to cut opiod overdoses wins FDA prize
The US Food and Drugs Administration has organised a competition for an app to enable quick and easy access to naloxone, a prescription medicine that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. From 1996, when the drug was first distributed, to mid-2014, organisations that offer naloxone are reported to have reversed over 26,000 overdoses. However, the drug must be administered as quickly as possible for it to be effective. The winner of the FDA’s competition was OD Help, a small start-up based in Venice, CA, which crowdsources naloxone carriers and provides instructions on detecting an overdose.

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