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Purdue Pharma wins Ajax-Pickering Board of
Trade Business Excellence Award for 2006
Purdue Pharma is a leading manufacturer of prescription
medicines for the treatment of persistent pain. Its Pickering headquarters
include an R&D Formulation Laboratory, manufacturing plant, and
administrative offices, employing 288 people. The company has been recognized as
one of the “Top 100” employers in Canada, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in
June 2006. More...
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Purdue Pharma and Mount Sinai Hospital
Create Partnership
Toronto, Ontario ---
December 2, 2004 - The pharmaceutical company that manufactures OxyContin has
partnered with one of Canada's leading hospitals to continue its battle against
prescription drug abuse. Purdue Pharma and Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital have
joined forces to establish the Mount Sinai/Purdue Pharma Partnership in Pain and
Dependency. More...
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MEDIA COVERAGE OF OXYCONTIN IS ONE-SIDED :
A statement from the Canadian Pain Society
Toronto, Ontario – August 19, 2004 -- The president and the
president-elect of the Canadian Pain Society have released a statement on behalf
of the Society expressing their concern about the recent media coverage on the
abuse of prescription opioid analgesics (pain medications). Doctors Gary Rollman
and Roman Jovey were specifically referring to the recent media depiction of the
misuse of one type of controlled-release opioid medication called Oxycontin. More...
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Demonizing pain drug irresponsible:
OxyContin a valuable tool
Demonizing pain
drug irresponsible: OxyContin a valuable tool
Letter to the Editor:
Barry Ulmer, Executive Director, Chronic Pain Association of Canada, Edmonton.
Edmonton Journal. August 9, 2004. More...
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Drug ban would hurt pain sufferers: Half
truths threaten use of OxyContin.
Letter to
the Editor: Dr. Saifee Rashiq, Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Centre,
University of Alberta Hospitals. Edmonton Journal. August 6, 2004. More...
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The release of the Newfoundland task force
report Purdue statement
Toronto, Ontario -
August 3, 2004. On behalf of Purdue Pharma, I would like to congratulate the
members of the Task Force for the time and energy devoted to preparation of
their comprehensive final report. Purdue knows that prescription drug abuse is a
serious health problem and, like the Task Force, is committed to taking action
to help combat prescription drug abuse in general - and OxyContin® abuse in
particular. More...
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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador,
Department of Health and Community Services :
OxyContin Task Force Final Report. August 3, 2004. More...
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Purdue Pharma supports task force
recommendations. - February 12, 2004
Toronto,
Ontario - February 12, 2004 - The Executive Vice President and General Manager
of Purdue Pharma announced today his company is taking a leading role in
implementing key recommendations of Newfoundland and Labrador's Task Force on
the prevention of abuse of OxyContin® and other opioid analgesics. More...
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Purdue Pharma Receives Award Recognizing
Partnership in Palliative Care.
April 25,
2003. Purdue Pharma's Kim Cudhea, Territory Manager for Eastern New Brunswick,
received the Champion Award from the New Brunswick Hospice Palliative Care
Association (NBHPCA). Dr. Sydney Grant, President of the NBHPCA and Sandy
Johnson, Secretary & Communications Chair, presented the award during the
association's Annual Meeting and Education Day. Purdue is the first
pharmaceutical company to receive the Champion Award, which recognizes
individuals, groups and companies for exemplary contributions to hospice
palliative care in New Brunswick.
The NBHPCA membership has increased
147% in the last two years resulting in their highest levels of education
initiatives. Purdue's support contributes to a quarterly newsletter with a
section devoted to case studies in pain management, education meetings, speaker
sponsorship and executive planning meetings.
Sandy Johnson honoured Kim
Cudhea with recognition for her ongoing work and support with the association.
She thanked Kim for her efforts in organizational and planning assistance,
fuelled by a passion for better pain management for cancer pain
sufferers.
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Purdue Pharma's
$300,000 donation establishes new ambulatory care services centre:
Patients at Rouge Valley Ajax and
Pickering to benefit.
Purdue Pharma's Executive Vice President and
General Manager John Stewart expanded health care services in the Rouge Valley
Ajax and Pickering area on April 25, 2002 with the donation of $300,000 to
create the new Purdue Pharma Ambulatory Care Services Centre.
The
donation is part of the Rouge Valley Health System's $34 million Vital Links
Campaign to fund the Health System's expansion and redevelopment.
"As a
leading research-based pharmaceutical company, we share a common goal with
health care practitioners - to better the quality of life for patients," said
Mr. Stewart. "We must invest in community-based hospitals to ensure that our
community grows stronger as it grows larger."
Noting that more and more
patients "are coming through our doors," Bruce Cliff, chief operating officer,
Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering said: "It makes everyone's job so much easier
when we have the necessary space and tools to get the job done, and that's what
makes the support from the community-and gifts like the one we received today
from Purdue Pharma-so vital."
The new Purdue Pharma Ambulatory Care
Services Centre will be designed to include a multipurpose clinical area that
will house examination, treatment and minor surgical procedure rooms, a medical
day care and recovery area, a preadmission unit where patients will be assessed
and counseled prior to admission for inpatient surgery and a health education
area.
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Top 100
Companies
Toronto, November 2002 - Purdue
Pharma was honoured to be included in Maclean's Top 100 Canadian Employers for
three years in a row. The selection was based on growth, extensive benefits,
recruiting and retaining outstanding employees, physical environment, charitable
work and involvement in the community.
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New Canadian
Web Site Provides Valuable Information About Pain
TORONTO, Aug. 14, 2002 /CNW/ - Purdue Pharma, a
pharmaceutical company based in Pickering, Ont., has just launched a new Web
site designed to assist Canadians, especially health care professionals, in
their understanding of pain and pain management.
According to the new
site, called painCare.ca, "Pain is one of the most common reasons why patients
visit their physicians. In addition, more than half of all emergency department
patients have pain." These facts are a telling sign of the public and
professional need for a credible, online pain resource.
A Web site rich
in information, painCare.ca examines the fundamentals of pain, provides an
overview of current treatment and diagnostic approaches, and addresses the
stigma of abuse and addiction often associated with the use of pain
medications.
For health care professionals, additional sections devoted
to continuing health education and tools useful in daily practice are available.
There is a Calendar of Events tool that locates the latest pain-management
conferences and a medical literature library that facilitates easy access to a
variety of current medical publications.
PainCare.ca demonstrates Purdue
Pharma's position as an innovative leader in pain-management.
Located
near Toronto, Purdue Pharma is a research-based Canadian pharmaceutical
manufacturer. Committed to enhancing quality of life for those who suffer from
pain, Purdue Pharma offers the health care community a large, integrated family
of oral opioid analgesic medications for the treatment of both cancer and
non-cancer pain.
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