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FDA panel recommends approving Collegium's painkiller

Sept 11 (Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted in favor of approving Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc's experimental opioid painkiller.

The panel voted 23 to 0 for the approval of the drug, to be called Xtampza.

The FDA's staff had on Wednesday expressed concerns over likely errors in administering Xtampza.

(Reporting by Vidya L Nathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)