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MRICD
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Objective: To discover and develop medical countermeasures and knowledge solutions against PBAs
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Synthetic Opioids

Assessing man-made opioids (fentanyl and carfentanil)

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Non-Opioid Pharmaceutical-Based Agents

Assessing chemicals with dual-use potential (sedatives, incapacitants)