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# FDA Contest for Developing Naloxone Mobile App
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-contest-for-developing-naloxone-mobile-app/
- Published: 2016-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T21:33:16.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5136839

FDA has announced a Naloxone App Competition, a public contest focused on developing a mobile phone application that can connect opioid users experiencing an overdose with nearby carriers of the prescription drug naloxone – the antidote for an opioid overdose. The contest builds on work announced in the agency’s Opioids Action Plan and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ [Opioid Initiative](http://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/Factsheet-opioids-061516.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com) to take concrete steps toward reducing the impact of opioid misuse, dependence and overdose on American families and communities by making naloxone more accessible.

“The goal of this competition is to develop a low-cost, scalable, crowd-sourced mobile application that addresses this issue of accessibility,” FDA associate commissioner **Peter Lurie** is quoted in a [release ](http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm520945.htm?ref=fdaweb.com)as saying. “Mobile phone applications have been developed to educate laypersons on how to recognize an overdose and administer naloxone, and to connect bystanders with individuals in need of other medical services, such as CPR. To date, however, no application is available to connect carriers of naloxone with nearby opioid overdose victims.”

Teams and individuals wishing to participate in the competition will have until 10/7 to register. On 10/19-20, FDA will host a two-day code-a-thon for registered entrants to develop their concepts and initial prototypes. All coding will be made open-source and publicly accessible, and collaboration will be encouraged, the agency says. A panel of judges will eventually evaluate submissions and the highest-scoring entrant will receive an award of $40,000.