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Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy is Choice of Priority Health

11 November 06

Grand Rapids, MI November 11, 2006 – Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy announced that it is the only local provider (and one of only two in the country) selected to assist patients in Priority Health’s service area for nine (9) classes of injectables. Priority Health’s patients will be served by Diplomat in downtown Grand Rapids.

“Our injectable program is designed specifically to ease the burdens patients face in the management of their challenging conditions,” stated Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy President, Phil Hagerman. “Working closely with patients and their physicians we can keep patients more adherent on their medication therapies and that translates into healthier patients.”

The following nine (9) classes of injectables will be provided by Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy:

  • Anemia Drugs (Aranesp, Epogen, Procrit)
  • Neutropenia Drugs (Leukine, Neulasta, Neupogen)
  • Cycstic Fibrosis (Pulmozyme, TOBI)
  • Oncology (Gleevec, Sprycel)
  • Arthritis drugs (such as Enbrel and Humira)
  • Human Growth Hormone drugs (such as Norditropin and Endocrin)
  • Hepatitis C drugs (such as Pegasys)
  • Multiple Sclerosis drugs (such as Betaseron, Copaxone and Rebif)
  • Psoriasis drugs (such as Enbrel)

“We were selected by Priority Health because we will improve services to their members,” stated Steve Chaffee, Sr. Vice President of Pharmacy Development. “Our company has the resources and experience to specifically focus on injectables and chronic disease. The bottom line is that we will enhance personal patient care. That means healthier patients and economic savings for Priority Health.”

About Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy

The company’s additional services include complete medication programs for patients with serious and chronic conditions including Oncology, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Psoriasis. Other specialty areas include Transplant and Fertility. The company’s Health Management and Medication Compliance Programs keep patients healthier…longer. ™ Independently owned and operated, Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy originated in Flint, Michigan over 30 years ago. In 2005, the pharmacy opened state of the art facilities in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; and Chicago, Illinois. The Cleveland location is a national distribution center serving patients across the U.S. Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy’s Dialysis Program is the largest and most comprehensive program in the nation.

More About Priority Health

Priority Health has nearly 450,000 members and is locally owned by Spectrum Health of Grand Rapids, Holland Community Hospital of Holland, Munson Healthcare of Traverse City and Healthshare, Inc., of Petoskey. The health plan earned an “Excellent” accreditation for its commercial and Medicaid HMO products from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, an independent organization that reviews the quality of health plans nationwide.