Big Pharma has bitterly fought against being forced to pay for drug recycling, but another part of the industry has taken it up: pharmacies. Now, in a move to make it easier for consumers to dump unused meds, pharmacy chain Rite Aid has partnered with Google to have their recycling stations easily searchable.
More than 550 medication disposal units across the country nation are now searchable on Google Maps using a computer or mobile device, Rite Aid announced Wednesday. Users can type or say “medication disposal near me,” and the software will show the closest locations.
“We are constantly looking for additional ways to help combat prescription drug abuse and misuse, which is impacting communities across the country,” Rite Aid Chief Operating Officer Bryan Everett said in a statement.
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Some of the stations are at Rite Aid-owned stores. Rite Aid bought Walgreens in 2018. Many are at law enforcement facilities in the 18 states that have partnered with the Rite Aid Foundation on what it calls the KidCents Safe Medication program.
While disposal programs have been championed as a way to fight the sale of stolen prescription opioids, many consumers just worry about meds getting into the environment if they simply dispose of them themselves.
Alameda County, California, fought a legal battle with Big Pharma for years before finally getting is program instituted in 2017. After passing a county ordinance in 2012 requiring drugmakers to pay for a disposal program, industry groups PhRMA, BIO and the Generic Pharmaceutical Association teamed up to sue the county. The case brought by the trade group claimed that the pharma industry was ill-suited to the task of drug disposal.
大型制药公司苦口婆心地与被迫支付药品回收费用作斗争，但制药行业的另一部分人却拿了起来：药房。现在，为了让消费者更方便地倾倒不用的药品，连锁药店 Rite Aid 与谷歌合作，让他们的回收站变得容易搜索。星期三，Rite Aid 公司宣布，全国有 550 多个药物处理部门可以使用电脑或移动设备在谷歌地图上搜索。用户可以键入或说出“medication disposition near me”，软件将显示最近的位置。Rite Aid 首席运营官 Bryan Everett 在一份声明中说：“我们一直在寻找更多的方法来帮助对抗处方药滥用和误用，这正在影响全国的社区。”像这样的免费每日通讯？订阅 FiercePharma！生物制药是一个快速增长的世界，每天都有大的想法出现。我们的订户依靠 FiercePharma 作为最新的新闻、分析和数据的必读来源，以及制药公司。今天注册，以获得医药新闻和更新交付到您的收件箱和阅读的走。订阅现在有关：药房采取药物处置的努力，大型制药已斗争的一些站是在礼来援助拥有的商店。Rite Aid 在 2018 年收购了 Walgreens。许多人都在 18 个州的执法机构，与 Rite Aid 基金会合作开展所谓的儿童安全用药项目。虽然处理方案一直被认为是打击销售被盗处方阿片类药物的一种方法，但许多消费者只是担心如果他们简单地自行处理，药物会进入环境。Alameda County,California 与 Big Pharma 进行了数年的法律斗争，终于在 2017 年启动了 is 项目。在 2012 年通过一项要求制药商支付处置项目费用的县令后，行业组织 PhRMA、BIO 和仿制药协会联手起诉该县。贸易集团提起的诉讼声称制药业不适合处理毒品。
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