DDN EXECS COORDINATE PHARMACEUTICAL DONATION DRIVE FOR HAITI
Haiti Medical Missions of Memphis Serves as Distributor
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – February 9, 2010 – In response to Haiti’s continuing need for medical supplies following recent earthquakes, DDN, the largest privately held provider of outsourced services to the life-science industry, enlisted the help of its clients and other industry contacts, gathering a total of 21,000 pounds of medical supplies to be distributed by the Haiti Medical Missions of Memphis.
After being contacted by the mission regarding its desperate need for medicine and supplies, Memphis-based DDN Sr. Sales Executive, Thomas Vandervort contacted industry colleagues including West-Ward Pharmaceutical’s Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing Jason Grenfell-Gardner, who arranged for his company to donate more than 100,000 bottles of medications, including anti-inflammatories, steroids, antibiotics and folic acid.
National Account Manager Kevin Carver contacted DDN client Sagent Pharmaceuticals who responded immediately to the request. "We are deeply saddened about the devastation following the recent earthquake in Haiti,” said Sagent CEO, Founder and Board Chairman Jeffrey Yordon, “In response to the urgent medical need, we donated thousands of vials of anti-infective medications used to treat and prevent commonly transmitted bacterial infections. We are pleased to coordinate our efforts with DDN’s response to this catastrophe.”
Vandervort says DDN clients have always been responsive to non-profit health care provider’s requests for assistance. “The response of these pharmaceutical companies to the situation in Haiti is yet another example of this industry’s ability to do great good,” Vandervort said.