Indivior Pharmaceuticals to Present New Research Posters at American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference
Indivior Pharmaceuticals will present one new scientific poster and collaborated with VA Tech on a second poster which will be presented at the American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference, held April 23-26, 2026, in San Diego, California. The data add to the growing body of evidence evaluating extended-release buprenorphine, a monthly injectable commercially available as SUBLOCADE, in supporting meaningful outcomes for people living with OUD, including overdose-related outcomes and broader indicators associated with recovery. Impact of OAT in individuals with OUD who experienced an overdose in Ontario, Canada: This retrospective nested case-control study used Ontario administrative health data of more than 45,000 patients with OUD to evaluate associations between MOUD treatments, including SUBLOCADE, transmucosal buprenorphine, methadone, and sustained-release oral morphine and the risk of opioid-related fatal and non-fatal overdose. Most overdose events occurred off treatment: Patients with higher MOUD coverage experienced less non-fatal and fatal overdose compared to those with lower MOUD coverage. Buprenorphine-based MOUD significantly reduced overdose risk: Of all MOUD, SUBLOCADE accounted for the smallest proportion of non-fatal and fatal OD events compared to no treatment. Both SUBLOCADE and TM-BUP had the lowest odds of all MOUD odds of non-fatal and fatal overdose versus no MOUD. Study limitations include potential misclassification in administrative data, incomplete or inaccurate capture of opioid-related OD events and OAT use, and absence of a direct measure of OAT adherence. Associations between remission from opioid use disorder and treatment-relevant outcomes: Provisional findings from the Remission from OUD as a Treatment Endpoint followed 443 participants within 0-3 months of starting treatment with SUBLOCADE for up to 12 months to understand how OUD remission relates to treatment-relevant and recovery-related outcomes. Remission as an indicator of improved outcomes: Individuals entering the study in remission for 3-months indicated lower craving, lower withdrawal, lower pain, better quality of life, and lower rates of unemployment than those not in remission. Complete abstinence may neither be sufficient nor necessary: Opioid misuse and OUD remission are not always consistent; an individual may abstain from opioid misuse while not yet meeting criteria for 3-month remission, underscoring the importance of remission as a clinically meaningful treatment endpoint. One study limitation is that participants entered at varying BUP-XR treatment durations, so study entry does not align with treatment initiation.