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Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy's Grand Rapids' Location Merges With Wyoming Park Compounding Pharmacy
02 September 08
Grand Rapids, MI , September 2, 2008 – Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy announced today that it has merged with Wyoming Park Compounding Pharmacy located in Wyoming, MI. As part of the merger, Wyoming Park’s management and staff will now operate from Diplomat’s location in downtown Grand Rapids, MI.Paul Jensen, owner and operator of Wyoming Park stated, “Our partnership with Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy will allow us to meet a wider set of community needs. Both Wyoming Park and Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy are both long time experts in the compounding field and passionate about providing caring, professional pharmacy services.”
“ Paul is one of the best compounding pharmacists there is and he has a great reputation in the West Michigan community,” stated Phil Hagerman, President and CEO of Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy. “I’ve known Paul for a long time and he built his business by providing outstanding compounding services and care to both doctors and patients.”
“I am excited to have Paul and his staff join our Grand Rapids team,” stated Steve Chaffee, Sr. Vice President of Business Development and operator of Diplomat’s Grand Rapids location. “By adding Wyoming Park’s well deserved reputation of excellent patient service and extensive compounding capabilities to our current pharmacy services in Grand Rapids, we’ll continue to provide the best custom compounded medications to the people and healthcare community of West Michigan. This partnership also allows current Wyoming Park clients to now receive free shipping and insurance billing when available.”
About Medication Compounding
The art of preparing medications dates back to the origins of pharmacy. A compounding pharmacy still practices the time proven art of compounding using modern variations of the “mortar and pestle” to prepare unique and individualized medications. Working with your doctor, compounding allows pharmacists to customize the strength and dosage form of a medication according to individual needs. This may include making lozenges or preparing a drug that is no longer commercially available. Or it may involve changing a medication from a pill form into a penetrating skin cream, or adding flavors, or preparing a dye-free or preservative-free medication. Compounding services can enhance virtually any area of medicine including natural hormone replacement therapy, children’s dosage forms and flavors, capsule and suppository preparations, skin preparations, hospice formulations, lip balms, medicated lozenges, eye and eardrops, and even inhalation therapies.
About Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy is a privately held health care organization focusing on complete medication management programs for patients with serious and chronic conditions. Key programs include: Oncology, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriasis. Other specialty areas include Transplant, Fertility, Dialysis Medication Management and Specialty Compounding. The company also specializes in disease management programs for Chronic Kidney Disease patients, as well as home and outpatient infusion. With locations in Swartz Creek, Flint and Grand Rapids, MI; Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Diplomat services the specialty pharmacy needs of patients and physicians nationwide.
Contact: Melissa Newton – Administration Assistant/Diplomat Grand Rapids
Phone: 616-808-3231
Fax: 616-454-9095
Email: mnewton@diplomatpharmacy.com
