DEA Removes Naldemedine From Controlled Substances List

The Drug Enforcement Administration is removing naldemedine and its salts from schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a final rule. Effective Sept. 29, DEA is removing “regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to controlled substances, including those specific to schedule II controlled substances, on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, dispense, conduct research, import, export, or conduct chemical analysis) or propose to handle naldemedine,” it said.