Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier and Safe Rx Team Up to Raise Awareness of Medication Safety Risks and Solutions 

Schrier, a Doctor of Pharmacy student, joins Safe Rx as an advisor and spokesperson to help battle the growing opioid epidemic and its roots in prescription drug misuse and abuse 

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (May 4, 2021) – Safe Rx, a company on a mission to fight America’s opioid epidemic with its award-winning Locking Pill Bottle (LPB®), today announced that Camille Schrier Miss America 2020 has joined the company as an advisor and spokesperson. Schrier and the mission-driven organization will work together to raise awareness of the importance of medication safety at home and the role it plays in the nation’s worsening opioid crisis.  

Schrier was named Miss America 2020 in December 2019, becoming the first woman to win the title with science as her talent.  

Schrier, currently pursuing her doctorate in pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University, uses her Miss America platform to promote her social impact initiative, “Mind Your Meds: Drug Safety and Abuse Prevention from Pediatrics to Geriatrics,” with a strong focus on combating the opioid epidemic. She is certified by the Virginia Department of Health as a trainer in the use of Naloxone, a medication to reverse opioid overdoses. 

“I’m excited to team up with Safe Rx to continue raising awareness of an issue I’m passionate about, one that continues to plague Americans of all ages – the growing opioid epidemic,” Schrier said.  “More awareness of the importance of medication safety can save lives. I look forward to working together to protect families and communities by keeping prescription drugs out of the wrong hands.”  

According to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, 38% percent of teens who have misused or abused a prescription drug have obtained it from the home medicine cabinet. Safe Rx Locking Pill Bottles (LPB®) are designed to prevent improper access to potentially dangerous medications.  

“We’re thrilled to partner with Camille. As Miss America, she continues to reach Americans coast-to-coast through her “Mind Your Meds” campaign, with its focus on drug safety and abuse prevention,” said Milton Cohen, president and CEO of Safe Rx. “Her initiatives perfectly align with ours. Together, I know we’ll be able to educate even more parents and families on the importance of medication safety at home.” 

Camille Schrier grew up in Bucks County, Penn., eventually moving to Virginia, where she earned bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry and systems biology with honors from Virginia Tech.  

As Miss America, she is a frequent speaker on topics including drug safety and abuse prevention, naloxone and the opioid epidemic. She created a Mind Your Meds webinar series, delivered dozens of keynote speeches for STEM, pharmacy, and business conferences, and participated in video conferences with key opioid and STEM experts and science classrooms across the country. For more information about Camille Schrier and her social initiatives, visit www.camilleschrier.com.  

Safe Rx Locking Pill Bottles are a patented, physician-developed, child-resistant and senior-friendly certified safe storage solution with a combination lock, providing an additional layer of security in preventing drug pilfering from the family medicine cabinet. Safe Rx bottles are  available in multiple national retailers and regional grocery store chains, and online on Amazon and at www.safe-rx.com. 

About Safe Rx 
Safe Rx Locking Pill Bottles (LPB®) keep medicine from falling into the wrong hands. Physician-developed, teen resistant, and child-resistant and senior-friendly certified, Safe Rx LPBs are a simple, safe storage solution. They use a combination lock to protect individuals, families, and communities from accidental pediatric poisoning and intentional pill theft and drug abuse. For more information, please visit WWW.SAFE-RX.COM. 

Capital supports growth in dispensing and consumer product lines & accompanying hiring

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., March 1, 2021 – Safe Rx, a company on a mission to fight America’s opioid epidemic and drug abuse with its award-winning Locking Pill Bottle (LPB®), today announced that it oversubscribed its $2 million in Seed Round financing with an additional authorization to accommodate investor interest.

The capital will be used to support growth in new dispensing programs with health systems and other customers, and growth within the consumer product line, sold to retailers and online, including on Amazon. The company also announced three new employees to support these efforts.

“With this new round of funding, we’ll launch several new dispensing programs, enabling our new customers to address the increases in substance abuse from the pandemic, while collecting the data necessary to validate ongoing reimbursement for locking vial dispensing,” said Milton Cohen, president and CEO of Safe Rx.

Safe Rx Locking Pill Bottles (LPB®s), aka Locking Prescription Vials (LPV®s), are physician-developed, senior-friendly, child and teen-resistant certified, providing an additional layer of security in preventing pilfering, i.e. sneaking pills, from the family medicine cabinet, the number one source for teen drug abuse and initiation.

Opioid abuse that starts in the medicine cabinet imposes huge costs on the U.S. healthcare system, with the excess care cost of pilfering estimated at $3 billion annually. LPB’s have been proven effective in early dispensing studies and are a low-cost early intervention that can generate significant treatment cost savings for large employers, payors and providers with high rates of uncompensated care.

In connection with the financing, the company has initiated a search for a dispensing business development executive, and announced three new hires including: Kristin Salvatora, director of customer implementation and success; David Snead, strategic finance manager; and Courtney Curtis, controller

• Kristin Salvatora has more than 15 years of experience in consulting and customer success roles, most recently serving as a customer success manager at MyRounding, a Huron solution. She received her MBA from Virginia Tech and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan, and will be responsible for dispensing customer implementation and success

• Courtney Curtis brings 30 years of accounting experience, most recently serving as controller at a leading Denver-based food brand. She received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Drexel University, and will manage the accounting function for the company.

• David Snead brings more than five years of finance experience to the role of strategic finance manager, most recently as an investment banking analyst at Capstone Headwaters. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, and will be responsible for fundraising, capital structure and investor relations.

The additional investment was provided by a mix of new and existing investors including several family offices, and pharmacy and healthcare industry executives, creating further momentum for Safe Rx in bringing locking pill bottles to more family medicine cabinets. Safe Rx Locking Pill Bottles are available for purchase at national chains such as Target, in regional grocery store chains, on Amazon and online at safe-rx.com.

About Safe Rx

Safe Rx Locking Pill Bottles (LPB®) keep medicine from falling into the wrong hands. Physician-developed, teen resistant, and child-resistant and senior-friendly certified, Safe Rx LPBs are a simple, safe storage solution. They use a combination lock to protect individuals, families, and communities from accidental pediatric poisoning and intentional pill theft and drug abuse. For more information, please visit WWW.SAFE-RX.COM