Opioid Epidemic: State of Emergency Recap

On November 29, 2017, guests learned about the Innovations to Fight the Opioid Crisis at the Maryland Tech Council’s Innovation Speaker Series kick off breakfast featuring Wilson Compton, M.D., M.P.E., Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse and Jaimee Reiley, Pharm.D., Senior Director, Field Medical Affairs, Pfizer.

Dr. Wilson Compton shared insight on the growing opioid crisis in the US, stating 12M Americans misuse opioids, 2M are addicted and 52k have overdosed and how science is involved in innovations to fight the opioid epidemic.

If you missed the event, click here to download Dr. Wilson Compton’s full presentation or  click here to watch the video stream of the full event.