Addinex Technologies Awarded $260K Grant by the CDC
to Improve Addiction Medication Dispensing
Addinex will work with Yale School of Medicine and Greenwich Hospital to adapt its award-winning opioid dispensing system
NEW YORK, NY, September 7, 2022 – Addinex Technologies, Inc., a healthcare technology company focused on the innovation of medication dispensing, has been awarded a $260K Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve on existing addiction medication dispensing for people with opioid use disorder (OUD).
The grant will help fund the adaptation of Addinex’s award-winning patented pill dispensing system that recently completed a successful study using opioids on post-surgical cancer patients at Columbia University Medical Center. Results of that study were recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Cancer. The adapted dispenser will work with buprenorphine, including Suboxone®, a common form of addiction treatment medication that comes in a sublingual film, and Addinex’s patient app will focus on the unique needs of people suffering from OUD.
"9.5 million people aged 12 or older misuse opioids representing 3.3% of that population, 2.7 million people suffer from OUD, and annual overdose deaths from opioids recently rose to over 80,000. Many patients diagnosed with OUD will be treated by a combination of buprenorphine, a schedule III narcotic, along with counseling and behavioral therapies, also known as Medication Assisted Treatment.'" stated Jay Schiff, Co-Founder and CEO of Addinex Technologies, Inc. "Our patented, low-cost medication dispensing system provides a cost-effective way to improve adherence and reduce diversion while educating patients about proper usage and making excess medication disposal easy. We're excited to work with a world class team of addiction treatment providers and researchers."
About Addinex Technologies, Inc.
Addinex Technologies is a cutting-edge developer of low-cost medication dispensing systems targeting misused prescription drugs. Addinex’s patented low-cost mechanical dispenser regulates usage based on each patient’s unique prescription, assists doctors with prescribing based on usage data by similar patients, provides education and real-time progress feedback to patients and their doctors, and incorporates a DEA-approved mailer for easy excess pill disposal. Addinex’s system was named a 2022 “World Changing Idea” by Fast Company magazine. For more information, visit Addinex at www.addinex.com.
Contact:
Jay Schiff, Co-Founder and CEO
Addinex Technologies, Inc.
(917) 628-8026
jschiff@addinextech.com
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