Addictions are chronic brain diseases that can be treated medically
Opiant is a pharmaceutical company with a mission to create best-in-class medicines for the treatment of addictions and drug overdose.
We are headquartered in Santa Monica, with additional offices in London, UK.
Statistics
Patient population with addictions and drug overdose
Over 20 million people are affected by addictions and drug overdose in the United States.
with emergency room visits with Acute Cannabinoid Overdose
with Alcohol Use Disorder
with Opioid Use Disorder and 48k opioid-related overdose deaths annually
PIPELINE
Our pipeline
In response to a growing public health need, Opiant is developing products to treat addictions and drug overdose.
Spotlight
The latest from Opiant
Fighting the Opioid Crisis – FOX Business
October 21, 2019 – Opiant CEO Roger Crystal on The Claman Countdown discusses the fight on the opioid crisis.
Fighting the Opioid Crisis – Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria”
August 3, 2018 – Opiant CEO Dr. Roger Crystal discusses NARCAN® following singer Demi Lovato’s hospitalization.
Meeting of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis
September 27, 2017 – Opiant CEO Dr. Roger Crystal testifies before the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.
Opiant Pharmaceuticals Announces Development Collaboration with National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for the Development of OPNT004 for the Treatment of Acute Cannabinoid Overdose
SANTA MONICA, Calif. , Jan. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Opiant Pharmaceuticals , Inc. (“Opiant”) (NASDAQ: OPNT), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing medicines to treat addictions…
Opiant Pharmaceuticals Announces Contract Extension of Second Tranche of Approximately $2.4 Million from Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for Development of OPNT003, Nasal Nalmefene, for the Treatment of Opioid Overdose
SANTA MONICA, Calif. , Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Opiant Pharmaceuticals , Inc. (“Opiant”) (NASDAQ: OPNT), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing medicines to treat addictions…
Opiant Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
SANTA MONICA, Calif. , Nov. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Opiant Pharmaceuticals , Inc. (“Opiant”) (NASDAQ: OPNT), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing medicines to treat addictions…
November 12, 2019 4:30 PM EST : Opiant Pharmaceuticals Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results Conference Call
October 17, 2019 12:00 PM EDT : Research & Development Meeting on Emerging Therapeutics for the Treatment of Addiction and Drug Overdose
October 4, 2019 7:45 AM EDT : Opiant Pharmaceuticals at 2019 Cantor Global Healthcare Conference
Fighting fire with fire: development of intranasal nalmefene to treat synthetic opioid overdose
Published in April 2019 by ASPET Journals.
Intranasal naloxone rapidly occupies brain mu-opioid receptors in human subjects
Published in March 2019 by American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
Enhanced Intranasal Absorption of Naltrexone by Dodecyl Maltopyranoside: Implications for the Treatment of Opioid Overdose
Published in 2019 by the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.