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Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy Receives Service Award
26 February 09
Feb. 26, 2009 – source: Michigan Pharmacist Association
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy will be presented with the Michigan Society of Pharmacy Technicians (MSPT) Service Award at the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) Annual Convention, Feb. 27-March 1, at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center.This award is given annually to an organization that has supported MSPT or pharmacy technicians in the area of overall service and support.
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy has always been willing to do whatever is asked of them in support of MSPT. Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy specifically helped MSPT create a set of photos depicting technicians working in various jobs, many highly specialized, for use in a display at MPA Pharmacy Day at the Capitol. The display offered Michigan legislature members a glimpse into what type of work that technicians perform in the overall delivery of patient care.
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy is the nation’s largest privately held specialty pharmacy and focuses on complete medication management programs for patients with serious and chronic conditions. Key programs include: oncology, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, crohn’s and psoriasis. Other specialty areas include transplant, fertility, dialysis medication management, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy 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 Flint, Swartz Creek and Grand Rapids, Mich.; Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.; and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Diplomat services the specialty pharmacy needs of patients and physicians nationwide.
MSPT is an affiliated chapter of MPA consisting of pharmacy technicians from around the state of Michigan. Michigan Pharmacists Association, serving more than 3,000 pharmacy professionals, strives to be a leader in professional and scientific advancement by following its mission of encouraging and supporting its members as the professionals responsible for the delivery of patient-focused care.
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