Made for the money
Help pharma get rich
...or, fight opioid overdoses with common sense solutions.
NOPvEE Collective is raising awareness about opioid overdose rescue medicine profiteering specifically those designed for synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, as well as nonsynthetic opioids.
NOPvEE is mad
Naloxone quickly reverses breathing effects in opioid overdoses. It has for decades. Fenty, heroin, oxy, it just works. Yet new more expensive and harmful opioid overdose approaches are flooding the market.
Instead of focusing on getting cheap (or free) naloxone into the hands of people who need it most, these new products are spending significant resouces getting governments and police departments to purchase these unwanted, expensive products.
NOPvEE is long-lasting
This is a long fight. It took decades for naloxone to be acceptable in common spaces and available at low to no cost. But that fight isn't done. We're here to organize against backsliding.
"Organizations like NOPvEE push back against opioid overdose profiteering in these critical moments when resources are tight and the nation continues to battle opioid overdoses."
Fight Profiteering.
Save Lives.
Pharmaceutical companies selling opioid overdose reversal medications continue to proritize profits over people.
We're saying: nope.
Not Sponsored By
...or any other pharmaceutical company!
Why
NOPvEE?
We launched this educational parody website to raise awareness about decades long profiteering by pharmaceutical companies during the opioid overdose crisis. We're rallying against corporate greed and for saving lives.
We're saying: nope.
One of the most radical acts of love is to have naloxone on hand
Profiting off people's pain.
Profiting off people's fear.
Profiting off a crisis.
We're saying: nope.
Monetizing Miracles, Maximizing Margins
Pharma has long put profits over people.
Our crisis is their growth oppportunity.
We're saying: nope.
Profiteering
[ pro-fi-teer-ing ]
the act or activity of making an unreasonable profit on the sale of essential goods especially during times of emergency
If you sold lifesaving medication for +$150 during a crisis but you could have sold it for $40 and still make a healthy profit, are you a 🤡😈💩🤮🤑or 🦸♂️?
What about if you sold naloxone for $4,100 at the same time that you sold a $178 generic version?
What if we told you that naloxone costs less than a dollar to make? Or the injectable naloxone can be bought for less than $3? Or that you could get the intranasal naloxone in the EU for ~$3?
Would you still think all is good in the world of opioid overdose reversal medications? Would you still frequently use the brand name and images of a product that for years sucked money out of state coffers needed to address this crisis?
What if we told you these medications were mostly developed with federal resarch (your tax dollars)? Would you still want it to be used by pharma to extract massive profits during a crisis?
Pharma pricing shenanigans isn't news to anyone reading this. However, most folks have been unaware at the extreme level of greed and excessively high prices companies charge for life-saving opioid overdose reversal medications during this crisis. We argue these high costs represent profiteering off a public health crisis, limiting access for those most in need. High prices do this a few ways: 1. it eats into budgets 2. it makes it unafforadable for people who need it.
What can you do? Efforts like public pressure and negotiating lower prices have counteracted profiteering and increased availability, but there is still work to do. This is only possible if we work together.
Learn about
opioid overdose
reversal medications
Naloxone
FDA approved for opioid overdose reversal in 1971.
Nalmefene
FDA approved for opioid overdose reversal in 2023.
The Basics
Naloxone (Generic)
Available as an injectable or intranasal in either 3mg (ReVive) or 4mg (various) dosing. Cost effective. Saves lives. Pretty straightforward.
Naloxone
(Over-the-counter)
Available as an injectable or intranasal in either 4mg (Narcan) or various other brands ( ). Large pricing variation holds this approach back.
Naloxone
(Name brand)
From the beginning, these products have been criminally overpriced. They continue the trend today. Classic profiteering.
Naloxone
(High dose)
High dose naloxone (8mg, probably more to come) are unnecessary, dangerous, and costly. Thank you, FDA.
Nalmefene
(Name brand)
Nalmefene is unnecessary, dangerous, and costly. Thank you, FDA.
Want to Join
Our Movement?
Naloxone is nothing short of a miracle. It literally brings people back from the dead. Yet, too often access has been treated like a privilege rather than a right. Or worse. Outright denied out of misguided morality. We need to get the word out about how to do overdose reversal in a way that prioritizes those at most risk and avoids the profiteering underbelly that makes this work difficult.
Rise up.
This website is non-commercial and is not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by Opvee® (Indivior®) or any other opioid overdose reversal medication or pharmaceutical company mentioned herein. This is an educational project created by the NOPvEE Collective. This website and the views and opinions expressed herein are in no way associated with, approved, endorsed or funded in any way by any manufacturer and/or distributor of naloxone or nalmefene.
The information on this website is not intended to be a substitute for
professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This content is presented for general reference and educational purposes to increase overall awareness of profiteering. It is not intended to be medical or other expert advice and should not be used in place of consultation with medical professionals. The information published here is not exhaustive and the user should seek the advice or appropriate professionals.
This is parody intended to criticize profiteering, price gouging, and corporate greed surrounding life-saving medications. It does not reflect reality for all products. An opioid overdose is a serious public health crisis. Naloxone saves lives and should be widely accessible and affordable.