Medical countermeasures protecting people from public health emergencies.
Emergent BioSolutions develops and manufactures medical countermeasures designed to protect people from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, as well as infectious disease outbreaks. The company works with governments and health agencies to ensure readiness for public health emergencies before they occur. On MarketScale, Emergent BioSolutions shares content on preparedness policy, manufacturing, and the science behind medical countermeasure development.
Stigma, Leadership, and Access: Reshaping Addiction Response
Four episodes ground the addiction crisis in lived experience, authentic leadership, and a concrete policy win: OTC naloxone. The channel argues that removing barriers and normalizing help-seeking saves lives.
The channel's core argument is that stigma, lack of tools, and access barriers are the real obstacles to addiction treatment, not willingness to seek help. It proves this through personal testimony from leaders with lived family experience and by tracking a concrete policy outcome: the shift of naloxone to over-the-counter status, which the channel frames as evidence that collaboration and barrier removal work.
Drawn from Impacting the Stigma and 2 more →
“People are more likely to follow someone who is authentic, even if they are not always perfect.”
Dr. Jen Welter, first woman to coach in NFL
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What the channel argues
Who and what shows up
Allie Hunter
Director, Community Health Solutions
Shared her family's addiction crisis and her mission to equip others with support tools she wished she had when her sister had ten overdoses.
Dr. Jen Welter
First woman to coach in the National Football League
Emphasized that authentic, honest leadership builds trust faster than perfection and highlighted the importance of persistence in male-dominated fields.
Questions this channel answers
What keeps people from seeking addiction treatment?
Stigma, shame, fear of judgment, and lack of knowledge about available resources. Family members also feel isolated and blamed, compounding the barrier.
Impacting the Stigma →How do you reduce shame around addiction?
By normalizing the idea of addiction, showing that people are not alone, and ensuring accessible, affordable resources are available and visible.
Impacting the Stigma →What does it take to make lifesaving medications widely available?
Teamwork, hard work, collaboration, and deliberate barrier removal. OTC naloxone is an example of how accessibility and removing obstacles enables mainstream adoption.
The Impact of Naloxone OTC →How does authenticity shape effective leadership?
People are more likely to follow leaders who are real and honest, even if imperfect, than leaders who appear flawless. Persistence is especially critical for leaders in male-dominated fields.
Leading the Charge →Best place to start
Industry context
Overdose prevention and addiction treatment have become focal points in public health policy and organizational strategy. Expanded naloxone availability and stigma reduction efforts are increasingly integrated into workplace, campus, and community-wide interventions.
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