Randy Krehbiel

Tulsa World Reporter

A little-known foundation holding more than $200 million in assets from a 2019 opioid abatement agreement between the state and Purdue Pharmaceuticals is quietly separating itself — and most of the $200 million — from Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa.

The long-rumored split was verified during an OSU regents meeting in Langston on Friday, when the board passed without discussion an agenda item authorizing President Jim Hess to negotiate final terms of the separation with the National Center for Addiction Studies and Treatment Foundation.

The agenda item says OSU-CHS is to receive $20 million and labs and equipment acquired wholly or in part with $32 million in foundation funds.

The foundation would retain the remaining

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