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`Governor Wolf Announces Funding for Naloxone to First Responders
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`Governor Wolf Announces $5 Million Funding for Naloxone to First Responders
`October 05, 2017
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`Press Release, Public Health, Public Safety, Substance Use Disorder
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`Harrisburg, Pa. – Governor Wolf today announced that the $5 million included in the 2017-18 budget to provide naloxone to first
`responders in Pennsylvania is now available. Details of the application process and benefits of naloxone will be provided at a press
`conference at 2 p.m. today in the Capitol Reception Room with representatives of the departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs
`(DDAP), Health (DOH), and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD).
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`“Naloxone, a life-saving medication, is making a difference in the heroin and opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania and why I included
`funding for it in my 2017-18 budget,” Governor Wolf said. “This program will create a fast, efficient means of getting these life-saving
`kits in the hands of first responders; those people on the front line of the epidemic, and responsible not only for saving lives, but getting
`people into treatment via the warm handoff program, and ultimately into recovery.”
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`More than 60,000 Naloxone kits, which include two, 4-milligram doses in each, will be available to all 67 counties over a two-year
`period using the funding. The kits are supplied by Adapt Pharma, headquartered in Radnor.
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`“Pennsylvania continues to lead the way in improving awareness and access to this potentially life-saving medication,” said Mike Kelly,
`President, U.S. Operations, Adapt Pharma. “We applaud Governor Wolf’s commitment to this initiative as well as the commonwealth’s
`broader initiatives to address this epidemic.”
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`PCCD is releasing a request for applications to support the provision of intranasal naloxone kits to first responders today.
`NARCAN®(naloxone HCI) Nasal Spray is needle-free and does not require assembly. It’s designed for ease of use for nonmedical
`personnel.
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`One main point-of-contact for each county or region will be identified to coordinate the process of getting the kits into the hands of first
`responders. That point-of-contact will be responsible for identifying first responder needs for naloxone within that county or region.
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`The Wolf Administration’s Physician General and Acting Secretary for DOH Dr. Rachel Levine issued a standing order for naloxone in
`April of this year. Since that time, more than 3,900 lives have been saved with naloxone. In addition, the Gov. Wolf and state agencies
`have been increasing efforts in the heroin and opioid epidemic fight in multiple additional areas, including numerous programs and
`initiatives:
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`Working with the legislature to establish a new law limiting the number of opioids that can be prescribed to a minor and to individuals
`discharged from emergency rooms to seven days;
`Strengthening the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) through the legislative process so that doctors are required and
`able to check the system each time they prescribe opioids and benzodiazepines. To date, there have been more than 12 million
`patient searches made on the system;
`Forming new prescribing guidelines to help doctors who provide opioid prescriptions to their patients, including guidelines specific to
`orthopedics and sports medicine;
`Creating the warm handoff guideline to facilitate referrals from the emergency department to substance abuse treatment;
`Teaming with the legislature to establish education curriculum on safe prescribing for medical schools;
`Educating and encouraging patients to properly use, store and dispose of unused prescription medications through drug take-back
`initiatives, and expanding the number of drug take-back locations to nearly 700.
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`For more information on the standing order for naloxone, visit the Department of Health’s website. For more information about the
`naloxone application process, visit the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s website.
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`Nalox-1 Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
`IPR2019-00688
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`12/15/2019
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`Governor Wolf Announces Funding for Naloxone to First Responders
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`https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-wolf-announces-5-million-funding-naloxone-first-responders/
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`Opiant Exhibit 2151
`Nalox-1 Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
`IPR2019-00688
`Page 2
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