Healthcare Improvement

The opioid crisis is among our nation’s top health challenges. As a manufacturer of prescription opioids, Purdue is deeply concerned and committed to being part of the solution. Our CSR Healthcare Improvement Pillar focuses on multidimensional efforts across stakeholders with the same ultimately intention – to help address this crisis.

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National Sheriffs’ Association and Purdue Pharma Announce Additional Funding for Life-Saving Opioid Overdose Initiative
Today the National Sheriffs1 Association (NSA) and pharmaceutical manufacturer Purdue Pharma L.P. announced the second round of its partnership to fund naloxone overdose kits and training for front-line officers. Naloxone is a “rescue drug” that can reverse an overdose from some opioids, including heroin. This new round permits the NSA to offer more of these naloxone kits and training free of charge to law enforcement agencies across the country, building on the pilot program launched in 2015. The second phase brings the total funding of the program to $850,000 since its inception.

Health & Healthcare

Purdue Pharma L.P. Joins the Prescription Drug Safety Network

Health & Healthcare

National Sheriffs’ Association Provides Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office With Life-Saving Opioid Overdose “Rescue Drug”
ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 16, 2017 /3BL Media/ – National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) CEO and Executive Director Jonathan Thompson and Cuyahoga County Sheriff Clifford Pinkney announced today that the Sheriff’s Office will train deputies on how to use the “rescue drug” naloxone and provide overdose rescue kits to the deputies at no cost to taxpayers.

Education

Prescription Drug Safety Curriculum Increased Student Knowledge by 49 Percent in its Inaugural Academic Year

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