Braeburn Inc. v. United States Food and Drug Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BRAEBURN INC., Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 19-982 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al., Defendants, and INDIVIOR INC., Intervenor-Defendant MEMORANDUM OPINION Both the plaintiff, Braeburn Inc., and the intervenor-defendant, Indivior Inc., are pharmaceutical companies that manufacture drug products using buprenorphine, a safer alternative to methadone, to treat moderate-to-severe opioid use disorder (“OUD”). All parties recognize the serious national public health problem posed by OUD…