Randy Krehbiel
Tulsa World Reporter
An agreement separating the foundation holding $200 million from a 2019 consent decree between the state and Purdue Pharmaceuticals and Oklahoma State University has been finalized, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Thursday.
The agreement allows the National Center for Addiction Studies and Treatment Foundation to keep most of the assets from the 2019 settlement — including nonfinancial assets such as research samples and databases — and the National Center for Wellness and Recovery name, which originally belonged to the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.
OSU-CHS is to receive $20 million-plus reimbursement for several hundred thousand dollars' worth of renovations to Tulsa campus to house the NCASTF.
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