Polymer Professor Awarded $2 Million for Leading Research in Fighting Opioid Epidemic
December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017
AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 11 -- The University of Akron issued the following news release:
Dr. Matthew Becker's pioneering research here into America's deadly opioid epidemic has been awarded $2 million from the state of Ohio's Third Frontier Commission. The University of Akron is working with 21MedTech and pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc. to commercialize a non-opiate degradable polymer mesh designed to control post-surgical pain while helping patients avoid pote . . .
Dr. Matthew Becker's pioneering research here into America's deadly opioid epidemic has been awarded $2 million from the state of Ohio's Third Frontier Commission. The University of Akron is working with 21MedTech and pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc. to commercialize a non-opiate degradable polymer mesh designed to control post-surgical pain while helping patients avoid pote . . .