RxCrossroads to Exhibit at Conference - Former U.S. President will Attend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2006
Louisville, KY -- RxCrossroads, an industry leader of healthcare outsourcing services, will participate as an Exhibitor at the 14th Annual Biotechnology Industry Organization (“BIO”) Conference in Chicago, IL. The list of scheduled attendees includes former United States President Bill Clinton as well as a dozen state governors. BIO organizers anticipate record breaking attendance at this year's event.
The conference allows attendees to present and exchange new ideas, discuss marketplace changes and challenges and attend educational sessions. Nitin Sahney, President and CEO of RxCrossroads stated, “Any opportunity to participate in discussions regarding disease prevention and potential cures is invaluable. RxCrossroads is dedicated to helping our customers improve their patients' quality of life.”
RxCrossroads navigates and solves product reimbursement and distribution challenges for commercialized life-saving medications on behalf of biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers. We provide the loyalty of a business partner with the economics of an outsourced service to our pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients.
RxCrossroads is a wholly owned subsidiary of Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE:OCR).
About RxCrossroads™
RxCrossroads provides specialty distribution, product support and mail-order pharmacy services for pharmaceutical manufacturers and biotechnology companies, generally for high-cost drugs used in the treatment of chronic disease states. Through its complement of services, RxCrossroads helps pharmaceutical manufacturers, physicians and patients navigate and solve access and distribution challenges for certain medications. RxCrossroads also develops and manages tailored product support programs to meet specific market needs including: reimbursement services, patient assistance programs, third-party logistics services and pharmacy services and sampling programs nationwide.
About Omnicare, Inc.
Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE:OCR), a Fortune 500 company based in Covington, Kentucky, is a leading provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly. Omnicare now serves residents in long-term care facilities comprising approximately 1,400,000 beds in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, making it the largest U.S. provider of professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other institutional healthcare providers. Omnicare also provides clinical research services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in 30 countries worldwide.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Contact Name: David Hileman (x.1104) or Cindy Padgett (x.1205)
Contact Phone: 800-918-3252
RxCrossroads
10350 Ormsby Park Place, Suite 500
Louisville, KY 40223
http://www.rxcrossroads.com