Cephalon Launches National Consumer Awareness Initiative on Appropriate Use of Prescription Opioid M... (ice ofNational Drug Control Policy Je...)

Cephalon Launches National Consumer Awareness Initiative on Appropriate Use of Prescription Opioid Medications

Date:10/14/2008

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Jeff Gudin, M.D., Co-Director of the Pain Management Center at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey

Steve Passik, Ph.D., Associate Attending Psychologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York

Jennifer Bolen, J.D., a patient living with chronic pain and founder of The Legal Side of Pain, a Tennessee-based organization that provides legal guidance regarding use of pain medications

Cephalon, Inc.

Founded in 1987, Cephalon, Inc. is an international biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative products in four core therapeutic areas: central nervous system, pain, oncology and addiction. A member of the Fortune 1000, Cephalon currently employs approximately 3,000 people in the United States and Europe. U.S. sites include the company's headquarters in Frazer, Pennsylvania, and offices, laboratories or manufacturing facilities in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Salt Lake City, Utah, and suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company's European headquarters are located in Maisons-Alfort, France.

The company's proprietary products in the United States include: TREANDA(R) (bendamustine hydrochloride) for Injection, AMRIX(R) (cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride extended-release capsules), PROVIGIL(R) (modafinil) Tablets [C-IV], FENTORA(R) (fentanyl buccal tablet) [CII], TRISENOX(R) (arsenic trioxide) injection, VIVITROL(R) (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension), GABITRIL(R) (tiagabine hydrochloride), NUVIGIL(TM) (armodafinil) Tablets [C-IV] and ACTIQ(R) (oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate) [C-II]. The company also markets numerous products internationally. Full prescribing information on its U.S. products is available at http://www.cephalon.com or by calling 1-800-896-5855.

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