Richard Pops

Proud CEO of Alkermes, a company dedicated to creating innovative medicines designed to improve patient lives.

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Congrats to #ALKSInspiration Grants 2018 recipients: Pets Helping People @RosiesPlace Ross County Community Action Comm @1000beds @FatherhoodMGH @ThisIsMyBrave @UMassMedical Voices of Hope. Read about the inspiring work these organizations are doing: https://t.co/wFQfQLiwtn

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Congrats to Behavioral Health Innovators @eic_online @moyerfoundation @jedfoundation Minnesota CIT Officers Assoc @NationalSheriff on being selected as 2018 #ALKSInspiration grants recipients. Learn more about their innovative programs: https://t.co/wFQfQLiwtn

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We are inspired by and proud to partner with these amazing organizations making a positive impact for individuals and families affected by mental illness and substance use disorders: https://t.co/6L0lmrQIXL #ALKSInspiration

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Strong bipartisan agreement on opioids with House passage of #HR6. Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers (CORCs), workforce supports and job training services will be a catalyst for reforming the treatment system for #opioidusedisorder

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Our Inspiration Grants program is aptly named – supporting amazing groups in the community driving change.

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Last week #CALeg put patients first with the passage of #AB2384. The bill removes significant access barriers to medication for patients with #opioidusedisorder. Along w/ counseling & other psychosocial support services, medication is the best weapon we have in this fight. #MAT

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Is ketamine as an antidepressant acting through the opioid system? Stanford data suggest yes. This is an area we have been testing for many years. https://t.co/NyXppW8NFf

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Patients need to have access to all treatment options so they can benefit from the one that is right for them. #opioidepidemic

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Federal dollars are important to address the #opioidepidemic, but along with that we need increased education on, and access to, all treatments, as well as new approaches to prevention, law enforcement and recovery support.

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There are models to build on in the #opioidepidemic. Incremental progress in communities like Dayton, Ohio, is encouraging. Yet the vast majority of patients do not have access to all available treatment options.

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72,000 opioid deaths in 2017. https://t.co/ZuvuhXZeVO Horrifying, but not surprising to those of us in the trenches. Do we need any more evidence that the current system is not working?

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Important approval today. Transition from the hospital to the community can be a vulnerable time. A way to fully initiate treatment on a long-acting injectable for schizophrenia on day 1 allows treatment team to focus on other important elements of care. https://t.co/sqkv39j1KU

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We were all struck by the wisdom and humanity of @robreiner today at #BIO2018. Opioid epidemic has affected his family’s lives and their art.

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It’s clear: Medicines for opioid addiction are inadequate if they’re directed into a broken treatment system. To really help people battling this disease, the entire ecosystem must move from an acute to a continuous, long-term approach to treatment. #BIO2018

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A million kids. A million more reasons why the #addiction community is working so hard to fight the opioid epidemic. This disease is wreaking havoc on American families – kids, spouses, parents and grandparents. https://t.co/Qbfs5ieMbe

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The opioid epidemic is leaving grandparents to raise grandchildren. A million children now live with their grandparents primarily due to their parents' addictions. https://t.co/gLl8oqh0rj

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New approaches to prevent, treat and educate about substance use disorders are urgently needed to help curb the opioid epidemic. We are encouraging and supporting the next generation of researchers. https://t.co/HLUEAnF5Mr

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Nice to be back in #SanFrancisco for #JPM18. Happy New Year. A transformative year of milestones ahead in 2018 for $ALKS.