# Publicly traded healthcare companies

Type: Company

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## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 50-Year-Old Methadone Outperforms Newer Drugs but Stays Trapped in Clinics
2026-09-12 19:23:17 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 4

For drug developers and pharma strategists, methadone is a market anomaly: a decades-old generic full agonist that many patients prefer over buprenorphine because it binds more completely to opioid receptors, yet its clinic-only distribution model has frozen product innovation and competition. The investigation underscores how a molecule's regulatory pathway, not its pharmacology, can define its market for half a century.
Full story: https://getbiobrief.com/story/methadone-vs-buprenorphine-regulatory-lock

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