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Opioid overdose antidote available at discount price

Adapt Pharma, which is based in Ireland but operates in the United States from Radnor, said Thursday it struck a deal with the U.S. Communities Purchasing Alliance to provide its Narcan nasal spray at a discounted price to public agencies which respond to emergency opioid overdoses.

Adapt Pharma, which is based in Ireland but operates in the United States from Radnor, said Thursday it struck a deal with the U.S. Communities Purchasing Alliance to provide its Narcan nasal spray at a discounted price to public agencies which respond to emergency opioid overdoses.

The alliance, which is a nonprofit local, state and federal government purchasing cooperative, will get the nasal spray at $37.50 per dose.

Adapt said in a statement that the "Public Interest Price" is available to 62,000 public agencies and "qualifying group purchasers," such as law enforcement, fire fighters, first responders, departments of health, local school districts, colleges and universities, and community-based organizations.

More information on the program can be obtained at 1-844-4-NARCAN (1-844-462-7226). The website is narcannasalspray.com

 

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