The US Food and Drug Administration has launched the 2016 Naloxone App competition, a "public contest focused on developing innovative technologies to combat the rising epidemic of opioid overdose".
Computer programmers, public health advocates, clinical researchers, entrepreneurs and "innovators from all disciplines" are invited to create a smartphone application which will connect opioid users with nearby stockists of naloxone, in order to increase the likelihood of timely administration of the antidote.
The contest includes a two day "code-a-thon" next month prior to refinement of concepts and submission of a prototype.
A panel of judges will select the overall winner which will receive a US$40,000 prize.
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