Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 6: Aging During the Opioid Crisis
People rarely imagine someone like 80 year old Martha down the street struggling with addiction. But the opioid crisis really started in the 90s with OxyContin. And now that baby boomer generation,...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 5: Preparing Students for Opioid Emergencies
Once we’re thinking comprehensively about someone’s risk landscape, their biology, psychology, socioeconomic status, culture, it becomes really obvious why just teaching kids to say no is...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 4: Creating Safer Workplaces
There’s a lot of stigma associated with mental health, and especially when you think about substance use disorder or suicide prevention. You hit barriers when you talk about mental health,...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 3: Keeping Students Safe From Opioid Overdose
We have a massive struggle in our nation. Hundreds of thousands have died, but we can stop that. Individuals can save lives. Naloxone is a tool for that. And we can empower students to not feel...
Protecting American teenagers and college students from opioid overdose
The start of the school year is a busy and exciting time for students and their families. But as we continue to grapple with a national opioid crisis, parents, educators, school administrators, and...
Countermeasures Season 2 Episode 2: Compassionate Care for New Mothers
It’s so important just to have people say, ‘I’ve been there,’ There’s a lot of women here with that story, and they can offer that support…it is not easy to get...
Media Statements
Organization Update in Lansing, Michigan
GAITHERSBURG, Md., August 26, 2024 – Emergent continues to transform operations across all of our sites to better align with the needs and demands of our customers, as part of its multi-year...
Emergent’s Statement on Today’s Office of National Drug Control Policy’s 2024 Opioid Overdose Reversal Medication (OORM) Manufacturers Meeting
We applaud the Biden Administration’s efforts to save lives and mitigate the devastation caused by America’s opioid overdose crisis. We pledge our support to help raise awareness of the risks...
Business Operations Update
GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 8, 2024 – Emergent is proud of its more than twenty-year partnership with the United States government to develop and deliver medical countermeasures (MCMs) to address a...