At HDMA’s 2015 Business and Leadership Conference in San Antonio, the Association recognized pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with its annual Distribution Industry Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare (or DIANA awards).
AmeriCares, in partnership with the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), has presented its annual Power of Partnership Award to Bristol-Myers Squibb in recognition of its outstanding commitment to increasing access to medicine, health worker safety and improving the wellbeing of children worldwide. Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation are among AmeriCares most consistent supporters, providing both pharmaceutical products and financial support for the aid organization’s emergency response work and ongoing health programs in under-resourced communities.
HDMA announced today that Gary Riddle has joined the Association as Vice President of State Government Affairs, and that it has promoted Kristen Freitas from Senior Director to Vice President of Federal Government Affairs.
HDMA, GIRP (the European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-line Wholesalers) and IFPW are collaborating to convene the second annual International Pharmaceutical Distribution Conference (IPDC) in Brussels, Belgium, on November 12–13 at the Steigenberger Wiltcher's hotel.
HDMA President and CEO John M. Gray hailed the April 21 passage of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 471) by the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 471 is sponsored by Reps. Tom Marino (R-Pa.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.)
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