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the university of Kentucky medical Center is a nationally recognized health system with 140 outreach clinics and programs throughout Central and eastern Kentucky. uK medical Center has been a talyst customer for five years. With autosplit® fully managed, they’ve seen significant cost reductions that helped fund the health system’s pharmacy automation. in addition, uK medical Center has implemented autopharm® enterprise and autovault®. talyst is the leader in 340B splitting software. We understand a pharmacy’s need to optimize the value of the 340B program to improve patient care. With increasing complexity and the need for audit compliance, it’s critical to have the right solution. talyst offers a variety of 340B expert solutions: autosplit® 340B software, autosplit® fully managed, autosplit® Contract pharmacy, and 340B Complaince services. for over 10 years, talyst has supported over 400 health systems with their autosplit 340B solutions. are you audit ready? for more information, call 877.4.talyst x1 or info@talyst.com.

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Automation for Hospital Pharmacy Medication Management by Swisslog Swisslog medication management solutions optimize pharmacy operations by controlling the workflow from wholesaler ordering to packaging and dispensing to administration to the patient. The powerful combination of MedPortal™ Inventory Management Software, ATP Series™ Packager and BoxPicker™ Storage and Retrieval System create a safe and reliable system for managing medications inside the pharmacy and beyond.

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Swisslog Healthcare Solutions North America Founded: 1915 Employees: >500 Phone: (800) 764-0300 Address: Swisslog Healthcare Solutions 10825 East 47th Avenue Denver, CO 80239 Website: www.swisslog.com/healthcare e-mail: healthcare@swisslog.com

Company Background

Swisslog Healthcare Solutions began in 1915 as The Grover Company, providing pneumatic tube systems for local Detroit businesses. Today, the company is the leading provider of integrated healthcare automation solutions for material handling and medication management around the world. Swisslog supports facility-wide and pharmacy automation systems in more than 3,000 hospitals worldwide, including more than 2,000 in North America. Denver-based Swisslog Healthcare Solutions offers total system design, manufacturing, installation and customer support – providing an integrated solution for lean workflow and operations that enhances information access, patient safety and cost efficiency.

Product Overview

Swisslog Healthcare Solutions presents the ideal solution for pharmacies desiring greater control over their inventory—from tracking and ordering, to secure storage of bulk medications and unit dose packaging. Swisslog’s suite of medication management products includes MedPortal Inventory Management Software, BoxPicker Storage and Retrieval System and ATP Series High Speed Packagers, which together offer a streamlined process for safe management of medications. The backbone of the Swisslog pharmacy automation solution is MedPortal Inventory Management Software. MedPortal Software is the first inventory management software product designed to make inventory management easy, so pharmacists can focus on the critical challenges facing hospital pharmacies today. MedPortal automates medication management, giving pharmacists access to accurate, actionable information—regardless of facility size, number of storage locations, or automation level. MedPortal manages inventory PAR levels in every location, even manual storage locations. Utilizing this information, it generates recommended orders, which are submitted directly to the wholesaler through the easy-to-use interface, saving the pharmacy staff time. Using the dashboard reporting functionality, pharmacy managers

have a real-time, accurate view of the value, location and levels of each inventory item. Only MedPortal integrates medication tracking and control from the wholesaler to the patient, providing pharmacists with what they need when they need it. Beginning when an order is received from the wholesaler, technicians use MedPortal to scan in the entire order. MedPortal logs the purchase order and reconciles the items; recording their respective lot numbers and expiration dates. Once received, the inventory is replenished in the BoxPicker automated storage and retrieval system and satellite locations utilizing the software’s PAR level data report. BoxPicker is an automated pharmacy warehouse providing high-density storage and retrieval of medications and supplies in non-refrigerated, refrigerated and dual temperature models. The modular and scalable system configures to meet the unique needs of each pharmacy as a cost-effective alternative to vertical carousel storage. Using BoxPicker, pharmacies pick medications up to 3 times faster than a carousel, averaging 5 picks per minute and up to 300 transactions an hour. BoxPicker utilizes scan in and out practice to provides extremely accurate inventory control while optimizing pharmacy workflow. From the BoxPicker, pharmacists pull bulk oral solids for unit-dose packaging in an ATP Series high-speed packager. The ATP, available in multiple sizes to accommodate individual pharmacy’s needs, packages oral solids and half tablets quickly and accurately. Its unique Pause Batch and SkipMed functions give pharmacies the flexibility and freedom to package without interruptions. Its Pause Batch option interrupts the current packaging process in order to package and dispense STAT orders sent from the HIS through MedPortal, then resumes the original operation. If inventory of a specific pill runs out during the packaging process, the SkipMed function tells the packager to move on to the next item, while requesting a refill of the out-of-stock item. Swisslog’s inspired solutions for medication management give hospital pharmacies the safety they need and the control they want.

Additional Product

• PillPick™ Pharmacy Automation System • MedRover® Mobile Dispensing Cabinet • MedPickRx™ Pick-to-Light Storage and Retrieval System • TransLogic® Pneumatic Tube System • RoboCourier™ Autonomous Mobile Robot • TransCar™ Automated Guided Vehicle

Ordering Information

To learn more about how Swisslog medication management solutions can improve workflow in your pharmacy, please contact us at (800) 764-0300 or healthcare@swisslog.com Summer 2013

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MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT

DISEASE STATE MANAGEMENT

www.iqwaresolutions.com | (877) 768-7284

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IQware Medication Therapy Management (MTM)/Disease State Management (DSM) System Hospital, Retail and Independent Pharmacies can enable better results to prevent adverse drug complications, interaction conflicts and control costs with IQware’s MTM Software. Help your patients benefit from medication therapy by promoting safe and effective use of medications. Chairman & CEO: Steve Belovich President:

Donald Seddon CMO: Marc J. Ricker, CMO Founded: 2007 Employees: 9 Toll-free Phone: (877) 768-7284 Phone: (330) 659-3272 Fax: (330) 319-8180 Address: 4816 Brecksville Road, Suite 1 Richfield, OH 44286 Website: www.iqwaresolutions.com

Company Background

Answering the call for an all-new method for software development, IQware created a revolutionary process that removed coding and scripting from the equation—and replaced it with rules. Combining this rule-based environment with an intuitive presentation layer and HP OpenVMS—a highly secure operating system that when deployed correctly has never been hacked—IQware released the IQware Development Platform v1 to the world on June 20, 2007. Founded in 2006, IQware is a new, patented (US #7,322,028) way of doing healthcare software. IQware is both a Master Data Management (MDM) application and a rule-based development tool to create new and/or enhance existing healthcare applications that deliver the right data to the right place at the right time. IQware is rule-based which means that the capabilities and functions that IQware delivers are controlled by rules. All decisions by IQware are made at run-time – not at compile time. When you change a rule, you change what IQware does – right away – with no programming required. This allows business process experts to develop functionality without translating the need to programmers writing code.

Product Overview

I Qware developed a comprehensive, HIPAA-compliant health information delivery system for MTM plans. Providing a secure audit trail and comprehensive reports for reimbursement, the IQware MTM solution: • Eases administrative and reporting burdens through automation – Pharmacists have more time with patients and increased revenue opportunities. • More MTM patients = more MTM revenue for the pharmacist. • Tracks and taxes each MTM transaction – Creating revenue for the pharmacist each time an MTM encounter is logged into the system. • Tracks adverse drug effects and interactions – Specifically targets and maximizes positive patient outcomes, thereby reducing negative consequences of drug interactions. • Integrates seamlessly with all existing pharmacy systems. • Installs without cooperation with or intervention from current vendors.

• Complies with HIPAA and PDP rules and regulations – Offers a complete audit trail of all transactions for governmental reporting and filing requirements. • Offers 100% resistance to desktop viruses hackers – With built-in security at the software level. • Identifies “dual- eligibles” – Alerts the pharmacist to lapsed or late payments by PDPs. • Identifies patients within the current population who could benefit from MTM/DSM services currently or in the future.

Features & Options

Where traditional application development methods usually require significant investment in terms of time and money, IQware MTM/DSM is based on IQware’s unique, patented rule-based architecture and revolutionary development methodology. Offering a paradigm switch from traditional software and development practices, IQware MTM/DMS enables you to: • Modify applications on the fly, eliminating the costly software development cycle; enabling you to comply with evolving regulatory requirements. • Deliver the right information to the right people at the right time. • Enhance information management security using HP OpenVMS— the highly secure operating system that when deployed properly, has never been hacked. • Set permissions based on access control at the object layer, enforced by cryptography. • Streamline development and deployment, working with any data source and running on any equipment, from a desktop to a handheld. • Seamlessly interoperate and integrate with your data and current fulfillment system. IQware is already helping address an immediate issue impacting Provider reimbursement, readmissions. IQware is providing the Information Technology backbone for a Transition of Care program that will serve as the foundation for the Patient Centered Medical Home at a hospital system in Florida. This will be the model utilized for the long term patient communication and education programs for collection of meaningful outcomes to address the requirement to verify positive results of care for part of the future reimbursement model. IQware will facilitate getting data from the hospital EMR, provide clinical tools and push data to other applications, participants (Pharmacist) and back to the EMR.

Key Business Partners

IQware is a long time Alliance One partner with Hewlett Packard.

Markets Served

Healthcare and other regulated industries.

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RMS EvolutionPOS for Hospital Pharmacies Increase outpatient pharmacy revenue and patient compliance while reducing readmission rates and Medicare fines with EvolutionPOS!

CEO:

Brad Jones Founded: 1998 Employees: 40+ Stock Symbol: Privately held Toll-free Phone: (877) 767-1060 Phone: (360) 438-8276 Fax: (360) 438-8284 Address: 101 N. Capitol Way, Suite 200 Olympia, WA 98501 Website: www.rm-solutions.com

Company Background Retail Management Solutions is the industry leader in point-ofsale technology for retail and outpatient pharmacy. RMS is the only POS supplier specializing strictly in pharmacies. Having installed more POS systems in the independent and institutional pharmacy markets than any other company, RMS systems have become the industry standard. For outpatient pharmacy, we provide a seamless front-to-back transaction and information platform. Security and compliance are paramount, and our robust systems have built-in safeguards. Redundant storage, encrypted communications and certified payment mechanisms ensure protection and confidence. You can count on us for prompt service in all 50 states, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We are a privately held company, with employees throughout the country — pharmacy technology professionals with hundreds of years of combined experience.

Product Overview Pharmacies should have a growing role in the health of your discharged patients. Most hospitals capture a small portion of their inpatient discharge prescriptions. The consequences include reduced patient compliance, elevated risk of recurrence and readmission, and lost revenue. EvolutionPOS helps hospital pharmacies participate more proactively in the discharge process. Taking the sale to the patient bedside offers convenience for patients and their family members. EvolutionPOS is easy to use, and it places all the register functions in your hands. The mobile, handheld unit communicates immediately, wirelessly and securely

with your POS server. A single device accomplishes the customer check-out, recordkeeping and inventory functions, including: • Customers sign on EvolutionPOS for all signatures traditionally captured at your POS (HIPPA, Prescription, Credit Card, etc.) • Print receipt on the spot • Swipe their credit card at the time of delivery • Processing payments, including FSA/HRA cards • Real time communications with store POS for transaction and signature look up • Documenting pharmacist counseling EvolutionPOS for Pharmacy is based upon the success of our industry-leading POS offerings, Star-Plus, Star-Lite and StarLink for enterprises with multiple locations. All are designed specifically to enable pharmacists and their staff members to provide excellent and efficient patient service.

Features & Options

EvolutionPOS capabilities include: • Taking advantage of our 25+ dispensary system interfaces, the most in the industry! • Barcode scanning of prescriptions and merchandise. • Locating all available prescriptions for the patient. • Capturing electronic signatures real-time. • Swiping FSA/HSA benefit cards with real-time verification of funds. • Tendering options include debit/credit, cash, check & house charge. Management elements include: • Employee payroll deduction integration. • OTC Inventory management and wholesaler ordering right from the handheld. • Custom report builder to help understand the business.

Additional Product Lines Star-Lite; Star-Plus; Star-Link for real-time multi-location communication Key Customers Client base: More than 1,000 pharmacy customers rely on RMS POS solutions. Summer 2013

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Isolate compounded drugs and improve inventory control.

True Blue.

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Pass-Thru Pharmacy Refrigerator from Helmer Scientific Create a boundary between the clean room and the regular facility environment while increasing productivity and inventory control. President:

Director of Global Sales:

Bruce King

Features

Aaron Stout

n Superior Chamber Temperature Uniformity

Director of Marketing: Lori Gabrek Founded: 1977 Employees: 165 Stock Symbol:

Private Company Toll-free Phone: (800) 743-5637 Phone: (317) 773-9073 Address: 14400 Bergen Boulevard Noblesville, IN 46060 Website: www.helmerinc.com

Company Background Helmer Scientific is a manufacturer and worldwide distributor of cold chain storage and processing laboratory equipment. We have over 35 years of experience in providing high-quality temperature controlled environments. Our products are used in over 100 countries throughout the world. Helmer originated in the blood bank market where precise temperature control is essential to the successful storage and transfusion of products. These same principles have been applied to the design and development of our pharmacy products. Product Overview Pass-Thru Refrigerators serve a useful function in managing the storage and handling of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, biologicals, samples, and other temperature-sensitive products in pharmacies, hospitals, universities, and research applications. They create a boundary, or barrier, between separate facility functions. In pharmacies, Pass-Thru Refrigerators can be built into a wall, thereby isolating the clean room from the regular facility environment. In addition, the compounded drugs can be loaded from the clean room from back-to-front, permitting products to be removed outside the clean room on a “first-in-first-out” basis.

table temperatures and quick recovery are achieved with the S heavy-duty, forced-air refrigeration system.

n Advanced Alarm Monitoring i.Series® models feature the i.C3® which offers constant temperature monitoring and control, access to multiple information logs, on-screen event acknowledgement for corrective actions, and downloading via a full-color touchscreen. Horizon Series™ models include an integrated alarm monitor with visual and audible temperature alarms.

n USP<797> he covered top, finish trim kit and skirt, and easy-clean surfaces T of the Pass-Thru Refrigerator help facilities meet USP<797> Clean Room Requirements.

n Bacteria-Resistant Powder Coating he use of bacteria-resistant powder coating on the interior and T exterior provides security as well as aids in the cleaning process.

n Dry Storage Environment elmer has developed a refrigeration system that results in H reduced humidity levels creating a dryer storage environment ideal for storing boxes and other containers.

n Pass-Thru Drawer Stop mid-stop catch built into each A drawer ensures proper closure to maximize airflow, maintain temperature uniformity, and protect glass doors from slide throughs.

Helmer Pass-Thru Refrigerators offer superior temperature uniformity and quick recovery using a heavy-duty, forced air refrigeration system to ensure that your high-value, temperaturesensitive products are stable. Alarm monitoring provides advanced notification of any alarm condition, allowing the user adequate time to correct any situation or remove products to ensure that product is not lost or compromised. Summer 2013

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Improving Aseptic Compounding while Reducing Costs by Aseptic Enclosures XLTC

Michael Bellm Founded: 1992 Toll-free Phone: (800) 418-9289 Address: 3720 Hampton Avenue St. Louis, MO 63109 Website: www.asepticenclosures.com

Company Background

Parenteral production has been our company’s focus since its founding in 1992. First in cGMP compliant, FDA registered manufacturing facilities. In that market, since the 1980s, there has been a significant shift in the way facilities are protecting their product and consumers. They have found the traditional clean-room approach often inadequate and resultantly, are upgrading by implementing isolation. Although the Aseptic Enclosures’ product line includes more profitable cleanrooms, our recommendations, first and foremost, are based on technologies that provide the best protection for your pharmacy staff and its patients.

Product Lines

Cleanrooms, Negative pressure rooms, Portable cleanrooms, Isolators, Custom engineering controls, CAIs, CACIs, Hoods & cleanbenches, and related consulting services. Contamination Control Supplies including: Disinfectants, Sterilants, Decontaminates, Alcohol, Diluents, Sterile Wipes, & Mopping Supplies Garbing and Gowning Supplies including: Gowns, Gloves, Booties, Hair Nets, Sticky Mats, Storage, & Waste Containers Sterility/Microbiological testing supplies and services. Sterile filling style, competency evaluation, media test kits for low, medium and high risk procedural testing. Fingertip testing kits for gowning competency and aseptic technique. Surface contact plates for engineering controls evaluation. Impact air plates for air and HVAC aseptic quality assurance. Consulting services. Our depth of technical knowledge and support capabilities on the above product line is extensive. We can consult on topics ranging from facility’s evaluations, through usage training.

Product Overview n Improving Patient Care The events surrounding the recent fungal meningitis infections are tragic. If there is any good to come from its lessons, at least it has brought a heightened awareness of aseptic processing and an urgency to correct deficiencies. Nearly 100,000 people a year fall victim to Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). Roughly 30% of that number is caused by bloodstream infection.

Per day, that number is 274 and 82 respectively. Significantly more people, every day, than in total from NECC’s contaminated product. A “properly” gowned person generates 1,000 CFUs of Viable live organisms every hour. The number one cause of HAIs is touch contamination. The more experienced the compounding technician, the more likely they are to contaminate their work. Our company has witnessed thousands of aseptic cleanroom infractions. This information is at the foundation of our patent pending XLTC series of isolators. Its innovative design helps enforce good procedure and significantly reduces the risks of sample contamination. It is an undeniable aseptic improvement. Again, a “properly” gowned person generates 1,000 CFUs an hour.

n Cost Containment Parenteral manufacturers typically will spend upwards of 10 times more to isolate a process than it would cost to put that process in a cleanroom. That is because of the scope and complexities of their processes. Often pharmacists believe their process is too large to contain in an isolator, but as compared to the manufacturing environment that simply is not the case. Ultimately, the hospital process ends upon a, simple to isolate, bench. Hospital costs for Isolation vs. Clean-rooms are the polar opposite of manufacturers. Isolation equipment is typically 1/10th the cost of cleanrooms. Isolators are faster, easier and much less expensive to install. They are easier and cheaper to clean. They greatly reduce maintenance costs. They yield a much more efficient process. They reduce, and even eliminate gowning costs (avg. $20.00 per entry). They significantly reduce the risk of CFUs entering the process, thereby reducing “risk associated” costs.

Vital Fact

• A “properly” gowned person generates 1,000 CFUs of viable live organisms every hour!

• The number one cause of HAIs is touch contamination.

• The more experienced the compounding technician, the more likely they are to contaminate their work.

• Poor technique is the #1 source of contamination.

• HAIs are the leading cause of death in US hospitals. *References upon request.

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With talyst’s 340B expert solutions, We are saving an additional $2 million in the first year. Philip Almeter Director of Pharmacy Operations and Business Development University of Kentucky

talyst.com | 877.4.talyst

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Talyst’s Expert 340B Solutions Talyst understands a pharmacy’s need to optimize its 340B savings. For almost 10 years, Talyst has supported over 400 health systems with their AutoSplit 340B software. CEO:

Carla Corkern Founded: 2002 Employees: 100+ Toll-free Phone: 1-877-4-Talyst Phone: (425) 289-5400 Address: 11335 NE 122nd Way, Suite 200 Kirkland, WA Website: www.talyst.com

Company Background Talyst is a market leader in pharmacy automation and your partner in pharmacy operations. Our solutions provide enterprisewide medication management across your entire health system to offer greater inventory control, enhanced workflow efficiency, and improved patient safety. As of 2013, Talyst has installed automated system in more than 700 integrated healthcare systems, acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and correctional institutions. Product Overview With increasing complexity and number of audits, it’s critical to have the right solution. Talyst offers a variety of 340B solutions, including AutoSplit® 340B software, AutoSplit® Fully-Managed, AutoSplit® Contract Pharmacy, and 340B Compliance Services. Talyst is the leader in 340B splitting software with more customers than any other organization. Talyst's powerful AutoSplit® 340B software automatically monitors all pharmaceutical usage in 340B eligible healthcare organizations, optimizing returns on qualified transactions while maintaining compliance. The automated system provides full audit trails for all eligible 340B dispenses and splits. AutoSplit is flexible, easy to implement, and can maximize 340B savings while reducing program administration hours. It works with multiple wholesalers simultaneously and has exportable reports to help maintain compliance. AutoSplit’s 3-way splitting is compliant with the recent HRSA policy.

Our AutoSplit Contract Pharmacy program allows covered entities to capture additional 340B savings from hospital scripts dispensed at retail pharmacies. Features include immediate auditing and reporting and detailed reports showing the total scripts captured, total 340B savings and the total cost. In addition, Talyst offers 340B Compliance Services, which is an end-to-end managed service to ensure 340B compliance. Talyst will assess and select 340B solutions and tools to help you develop a complete Audit Program that specifically addresses the following: 1) Patient Eligibility 2) Duplicate Discounts 3) GPO Exclusion 4) Contract Pharmacy Arrangements 5) Recertification

Additional Product Lines AutoPharm® Enterprise, AutoPharm® Mobile, AutoCarousel® HD, Refrigerated AutoCarousel® HD, AutoVault®, AutoCool®, AutoPack®, AutoLabel®, InSite® Remote Dispensing, AutoSplit® Fully Managed, AutoSplit® Contract Pharmacy, 340B Compliance Services Ordering Information Talyst would like to partner with you to create the right 340B solution for your health system. For more information, please call: 1-877-4-TALYST x1

With Talyst’s AutoSplit Fully Managed Solution, Talyst experts manage all facets of your 340B program. This allows health systems, IDNs, and their contract pharmacies to boost savings by having dedicated 340B experts run the program and ensure audit compliance.

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Quality. Lives depend on it. We know that quality isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity – for the health of your customers and your business. That’s why we combine four variables – ingredients, formula development, education and consulting – to deliver quality without compromise to our member compounding pharmacists. In a time when the compounding industry is under scrutiny, that means real peace of mind. Learn more about PCCA’s commitment to quality at pccarx.com/quality and how to do everything you can to keep your customers safe and your business at full sail.

800.331.2498 l pccarx.com

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Quality Compounds Start with PCCA Quality Chemicals, Bases and Education Only PCCA member pharmacies bring the highest quality chemicals, bases and training to your patients. President:

Jim Smith CEO: David Sparks Founded: 1981 Employees: 250+ Toll-free Phone: (800) 331-2498 Phone: (281) 933-6948 Fax: (800) 874-5760 Address: 9901 South Wilcrest Drive Houston, TX 77099 Website: www.pccarx.com e-mail: coremarketing@pccarx.com

Company Background

At PCCA, we help pharmacists and prescribers create personalized medicine that makes a difference in patients’ lives. Our members solve some of their customers’ toughest medical challenges – all while running their own businesses. That’s why we provide more products, more education and more support than any other organization. We’re always working to help our members grow, and we’ve grown, too. What began in 1981 as a small network of pharmacists is almost 4,000 members strong, with 360 employees worldwide and five distribution centers serving the U.S., Canada and Australia. At PCCA, we’ve made it our business to support compounding pharmacists every step of the way – and then some. It’s all about bringing a level of service that makes you say, “WOW.”

Product Overview

While our members have access to over 4,560 active and non-active chemicals – more than any other compounding pharmacy supplier – the competitive advantage we bring our members is the industry’s most comprehensive quality control and assurance program we bring to those chemicals every day. Find out more at www.pccarx.com/quality. Here is the Quality Difference that PCCA Brings to Member Pharmacies Every Day: Every Lot – Not Just the Initial Lot – Is Tested

• We do not solely rely upon the USP or manufacturer’s label to ensure the quality of the chemicals received. • Every lot received is tested using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible analysis, melting point, specific gravity, solubility and chemical identifications. • Additional testing of APIs is done using actual formulations.

14 Checks and Analyses are Performed on Each Chemical Lot

• Nine qualitative and quantitative analyses are performed on every incoming chemical lot before it is released for repacking or sale. • Each lot is tested against the certificate of analysis (C of A), including: USP, EP, NF, FCC, ACS and PCCA standards. • After initial testing, all results are reviewed for accuracy by a second QC analyst. • Chemicals are tested only by degreed Chemical Analysts. PCCA Rejects Almost 200 Chemical Lots Per Year

• PCCA is fully registered by the FDA, DEA and State of Texas as a manufacturer and follows current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). • Only FDA-registered and GMP-certified manufacturers are used for the purchase of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). • Exclusive, proven bases and formulas. Proven Bases for More Patient Options

With access to more than 50 proprietary bases – unavailable to other compounders – your PCCA pharmacy will have more options to treat your patients, from VersaBase® topicals, specifically designed for BHRT delivery, to Lipoderm®, the industry’s only transdermal proven to deliver four drugs simultaneously. Comprehensive Education is the Key to Compounding

Continuing education is the key to quality compounding solutions. Your PCCA pharmacy has access to more Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-accredited continuing education than anyone else. In 2013, PCCA will conduct more than 115 ACPEaccredited sessions across the United States, Canada and Australia, as well as scores of other training sessions from clinical and technicianrelated topics to sales and marketing. Complete Support

Member pharmacies have access to the industry’s best support with more than 30 pharmacists and pharmaceutical chemists on-hand to answer the toughest compounding and clinical questions. PCCA has more pharmacy consultants on staff than any other competitor, answering more than 500 calls a day from members with an average response time of less than 30 minutes.

Testimonials

Find out how PCCA quality makes a difference in patients’ lives at: www.pccarx.com/qualitytestimonial

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IMPROVE YOUR

PROFITS Gain Control Over Your Purchases and Inventory with Our SureCost Web Based Solution!

Monitor Vendor Agreement n Optimize Product Selection Reduce Out-Of-Stocks n Accurate Cost Data n Decrease Inventory Diversion Alerts n Internal Compliance n Inventory Management

Contact us to learn why more pharmacies and pharmacy chains are using our system for their daily pharmacy purchases. www.emerlyn.com | 888-363-7596 | sales@emerlyn.com

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SureCost – Purchasing and Inventory Management System Provided by Emerlyn Technology We offer a suite of web based services and applications that provide cost savings and inventory reduction. Our services integrate with your existing pharmacy and accounting systems to yield greater efficiencies and control of your purchasing and inventory. President & CEO: Calvin E. Hunsicker Founded: 2002 Employees: 8 Toll-free Phone:

(888) 363-7596 (888) 363-7596 Fax: (603) 356-3346 Address: 2190 White Mountain Highway North Conway, NH 03860-2358 Website: www.emerlyn.com Phone:

Company Background

Our company was established in 2002 by Calvin E. Hunsicker, R.Ph., who has owned and operated retail and long term care pharmacies. He was Vice President of Operations for NCS HealthCare (a national Long Term Care Pharmacy) with additional responsibilities for implementing a central packaging operation and the restructuring of their purchasing department. He has served as a board member and chair of a non-profit hospital for ten years. Emerlyn Technology was created to provide effective tools to pharmacies for the management of their purchases. Our team has 40+ years experience in the pharmacy industry and provides the knowledge needed to help your business. Annually, our SureCost platform manages millions of ordering transactions and billions of purchasing dollars. Our company provides services to individual pharmacies and large publicly traded chains.

Product Overview

SureCost is a secure web based system that allows pharmacies to manage their purchasing and inventory in a single application. SureCost gives your pharmacy(s) control of real-time information. With just a few clicks of your mouse, it is easier to manage day-to-day ordering and compliance throughout your pharmacy organization. SureCost's inventory management system provides pharmacies the tools to manage their inventory in a single application. The inventory is tracked through its entire life cycle - ordering, receiving, dispensing, adjustments and transfers. Real-time reports provide corporate insight into inventory levels, variances and stale inventory at each pharmacy location. Our larger clients benefit by our integrated transfer system, which optimizes inventory between departments and locations. Emerlyn supports remote scanning through our OneScan product, which is designed to complement the SureCost platform. OneScan includes features to simplify ordering and receiving of product. In addition, it integrates with our inventory system provided in SureCost. Our system provides a contract management system for GPO, Private and Vendor contracts. Our contract management system evaluates and tracks market share and flat rebates for all contracts throughout your company.

Product Specifications

SureCost is a web based service, requiring no additional hardware or software. Our OneScan remote scanner software operates on Motorola Windows Mobile scanners. All integrations to pharmacy and accounting systems are provided through standard communication protocols.

Additional Product Modules

• Inventory – Provides virtual inventory management for optimal ordering. • Transfers – Tracks and manages all product transfers within your company. • OneScan – Remote scanning for ordering, receiving, inventory and transfers. • Accounts Payable Workflow – Provides receiving accountability by matching electronic receiving data to invoices real-time. It also provides management and accountability for non-matched invoices. All approved invoices are electronically sent to your accounts payable system.

Markets Served

Retail, Long Term Care, Infusion, Specialty, and Acute Care

GPO Affiliations

We work with all GPO’s and in the Closed Door Long Term Care market we have an exclusive arrangement with Managed Healthcare Associates, Inc. (MHA).

Pricing Information

Our pricing is a monthly fee based on the services needed and the number and size of your pharmacy(s).

Ordering Information

For more information or to schedule a time to see a web demo. Please contact us at: (888) 363-7596 or sales@emerlyn.com

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Preceptor Recognitions

Thank You Preceptors!

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT HILO

THE DANIEL K. INOUYE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 2013 PRECEPTORS OF THE YEAR

Thank you to our Paoloni Preceptor of the Year!

2013 IPPE Preceptor of the Year Michael Hoskins, RPh Mina Pharmacy Hilo, Hawaii

Edward

Sredzienski MS Pharm

Clinical Specialist SICU/Trauma ICU UNC Hospitals Preceptor since 1993

Student Comment

“

The following colleges & organizations would like to acknowledge &

DR. thank SREDZIENSKI EMBODIES the kind of hard work & dedication. the following preceptors for their person I want to be: an excellent pharmacist, spouse, parent, coworker and mentor.

”

2013 APPE Preceptor of the Year Wendy Tawata, PharmD The Queen’s Medical Center Honolulu, Hawaii

Thank You to Our Past Preceptors of the Year 2012 Fred Cruz, CVS Caremark 2012 Alex Evans, PharMerica n 2011 Kara Izumi, The Queen’s Medical Center n 2011 Susan Eade-Parson, Tripler Army Medical Center n 2011 Miles Nakatsu, Ululani Pharmacy n 2010 Marq Sims, Longs/CVS n 2009 Nelson Nako, Hilo Medical Center n 2008 Kerri Okamura, KTA Superstores n n

Interested in becoming a preceptor or would like more information about our experiential program, please email us at pharmexp@hawaii.edu or visit us at http://pharmacy.uhh.hawaii.edu/academics/ppe/

Want to join the preceptor team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill? Please contact Kim Leadon at 919-966-3023 or kim_leadon@unc.edu.

It’s great to be part of the UConn team. Everyone wants to be a Husky!

The University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy

Florence Rome

P1 students who spend their Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience rotation at the CVS site in West Hartford, CT have the pleasure of working with preceptor Florence Rome. Her unique background allows her to connect with students who have also immigrated to America and she truly appreciates their various cultures. Rome was born in Nigeria, attended high school in Switzerland and moved to America after she graduated. She earned her pharmacy degree from St. John’s University in 1987. At her site, students focus on community practice and become familiar with the tasks involved in the day-to-day life of retail pharmacy. “After they are introduced to the pharmacy’s physical lay-out and our basic procedures, the students work alongside me, according to a plan we devise together for the best learning experience possible,” says Rome. For many of Rome’s foreign students, this rotation is the first opportunity they have to experience a pharmacy setting. Rome enjoys her time with foreign students for cultural reasons as well. She says, “I love training students from throughout the world, and those born abroad are encouraged to share their cultures with my staff and me. We get very excited when we discuss music, food, customs, languages, and did I say food?” She hopes that after their time with her, students will learn how rewarding a profession in retail pharmacy can be and how enjoyable it is to have the opportunity to help people every day.

If you are interested in becoming a UConn preceptor, contact the Office of Experiential Education at (860) 486-2999. Be a Husky! 24

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Thank You Interprofessional Preceptors

Dr. George MacKinnon

During the 2013 Winter Term, The Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy, Inaugural Class of 2014, began their first Interprofessional Practice Experiences (IPEs). The Interprofessional rotations are unique in many ways, but one of the most significant differences between IPEs and traditional pharmacy rotations is that they are generally completed under the supervision of a non-pharmacist. Our students have been precepted by nurse practitioners at convenient care clinics, medical staff and clergy at hospices, registered nurses at hospitals and staff at long-term care facilities.

All of the facilities and individuals that agreed to accept our pharmacy students, despite the fact that it was something they’d never done, and, in most cases, never even considered doing before we approached them, welcomed our students into their working environments. To this point, the response from both sides has been overwhelmingly positive, and we have our Interprofessional partners to thank for creating a positive educational environment for our students. Therefore, the Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy would like to take this opportunity to thank our Interprofessional Preceptors. We thank them for recognizing how important collaboration among healthcare professionals will be as we look toward improving patient outcomes, and we thank them for sharing their experiences with our students. If you are a pharmacist interested in becoming a RUCOP preceptor for introductory and advanced experiential education, please contact: Randall Lambert, PhD, RPh | Interim Director of Experiential Education (847) 330-4512 | rlambert@roosevelt.edu www.roosevelt.edu/pharmacy

Preceptor Recognitions

Thank you to our Paoloni Preceptor of the Year!

Dr. Ann Hylton Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Appalachian College of Pharmacy

Edward

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Clinical Specialist SICU/Trauma ICU UNC Hospitals Preceptor since 1993

Prior to joining the faculty at Appalachian College of Pharmacy, Dr. Hylton worked in an Intensive Care Unit developing clinical pharmacy services. Dr. Hylton’s practice site with the Appalachian College of Pharmacy is located at Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, TN where she provides clinical services in the Emergency Department. Her interests include sepsis management, sedation and delirium in the critically ill patient, and patient safety. Dr. Hylton is the author of a case report published in American Journal of Health System Pharmacy in 2010. She is also an active member of American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Student Comment

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Dr. Ann Hylton is a native of Butler, Pennsylvania. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University in 2007. After graduation, Dr. Hylton moved to Columbia, SC where she completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency as well as a PGY-2 residency specializing in Critical Care at Palmetto Health Richland. She has been board certified in pharmacotherapy since 2008.

DR. SREDZIENSKI EMBODIES the kind of person I want to be: an excellent pharmacist, spouse, parent, coworker and mentor.

Dr. Hylton spends her free time enjoying the beauty of East Tennessee with her husband Michael and their two dogs. She enjoys hiking, camping, skiing, and reading.

”

Want to join the preceptor team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill? Please contact Kim Leadon at 919-966-3023 or kim_leadon@unc.edu.

Thank You

Dr. Megan Lang, Pharm D.

UCSD Medical Center – San Diego, CA The University of California San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences congratulates Dr. Megan Lang on her accomplishments as an outstanding APPE preceptor. Dr. Lang graduated from the University of Iowa in 2004 and completed an Ambulatory Care Residency in 2006 at UCSD Medical Center. Dr. Lang has been practicing at UC San Diego since 2009. She has been precepting students in a variety of ambulatory settings including a mobile clinic, providing outreach care to the underserved, a hypertension management clinic, and an anticoagulation clinic. As faculty of UC San Diego, we are proud to have Dr. Lang as a preceptor. Thank you!

Dean Colbert Associate Dean Experiential Education

Dean Taylor Dean – School of Pharmacy

The Campbell University Experiential Education team would like to thank all of our preceptors for their dedication and contribution in the education and training of student-pharmacists for Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. If preceptors have any questions, please contact one of the Experiential Education program team members. Penny Shelton, Pharm.D., CGP Vice Chair, Experiential & Continuing Education (910) 893-1716 | (800) 760-9697 ext. 1716 sheltonp@campbell.edu Paige Brown, Pharm.D. Assistant Director of Experiential Education (910) 814-5611 | (800) 760-9697 ext. 5611 brownp@campbell.edu Jean White Coordinator of Experiential Education (910) 893-1709 | (800) 760-9697 ext. 1709 whitej@campbell.edu

Additionally, Dean Colbert, Dean Taylor, and the School of Pharmacy would like to thank all of our preceptors for their guidance, time and dedication.

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BruClean TbC™ Disinfectant by Texwipe BruClean TbC™ Disinfectant is the preferred bleach alternative. Bru-Clean™ is more stable than bleach, biodegradable and less corrosive. This “just add water” premeasured disinfectant tablet provides a powerful disinfectant cleaner effective against a broad array of pathogens including MRSA, E. coli and Salmonella. GM:

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Company Background

Texwipe is the worldwide leader in contamination control supplies and critical cleaning products including lint free cleanroom wipers, sterile products, Sterile IPA, cleanroom swabs, cleanroom paper and notebooks, adhesive mats and more. It all started in 1964 when Edward Paley invented a product to solve a problem that no one could see. The problem was microcontamination - minute particles that were creating errors on the disk and tape drives of the burgeoning mainframe computer industry. In inventing the first low-lint cloth for cleaning computer equipment, Mr. Paley created a company and invented an industry. In July 2001, The Texwipe Company, LLC was acquired by Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW). Today, Texwipe is a worldwide leader in contamination control products and process materials for aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, food processing, data storage, medical device, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, telecommunications and other industries requiring critical manufacturing environments. ITW Texwipe's broad product line for contamination control includes a complete array of wipers, swabs, mops, cleaning solutions and stationery for use in cleanroom environments. Products include Vertex® and Vectra® ultraclean sealed-border wipers, Pre-wetted wipers, cleanroom swabs, Cleaning Validation Kits, ESD-safe swabs, and TexWrite® cleanroom paper. ITW Texwipe also develops custom products to address specific customer requirements. Headquartered in Kernersville, North Carolina, the company supports global customers with sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Manufacturing centers located in North Carolina, the Philippines and China provide the highest levels of quality and manufacturing technology. Texwipe is committed to technology, innovation, and service excellence to provide the most consistent and highest quality products, including the recent launch of the revolutionary Vertex® Cleanroom Wipers and TexQ™ Disinfectant, a broad spectrum disinfectant with 25% more Kill Claims than any other cleanroom quat.

Product Overview

Introducing BruClean TbC™, the preferred alternative to liquid bleach. BruClean TbC™ is a “just add water” premeasured disinfectant tablet. By adding one gallon of water to BruClean TbC™, it creates a powerful disinfectant cleaner effective against a broad array of pathogens including MRSA, E. coli and Salmonella. The tablet form of BruClean is convenient to your wallet – saves money on shipping and storage costs versus heavy liquid bleach – and can replace bleach in every application. It is also friendlier to the environment – BruClean is biodegradable. This point-of-use product also provides consistent strength for cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces. The active ingredient, sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC), is:

• More stable than bleach (sodium hypochlorite) • Almost neutral in pH • Biodegradable BruClean TbC™’s neutral pH makes it less corrosive on surfaces than bleach making it ideal for cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces, disinfecting all work areas, and replacing liquid bleach in all other applications: Stainless Steel Equipment; Hoods; Carts; Isolators; Floors; Replaces bleach in all areas. This product is EPA registered (71847-2-106).

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n Features • Convenient tablet form – easy to use • Pre-scored tablet – for half strength • 1000 ppm available chlorine for 24 hours • Bulk packed • EPA registered n Benefits • Save on shipping and storage costs by purchasing lightweight, dry tablets instead of heavy, liquid bleach • Consistent strength produced at point of use for cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces • Neutral pH makes it less corrosive on surfaces than liquid bleach • Broad spectrum efficacy • Biodegradable – safe for environment

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• 270 BruClean TbC™ Disinfectant Tablets per bottle • EPA registered • Texwipe Part#: TX6466

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The One-Container Pharmaceutical Waste Solution Simple, no worries, the highest level of technology, and best of all â&#x20AC;&#x201C; full compliance. Clinicians simply put both the non-hazardous and the RCRA hazardous pharmaceutical waste in the same black container.* Clean Harbors, the largest hazardous waste incineration company in North America, will pickup, transport, dispose of, and keep you in full compliance. We own every step of the process and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t broker your waste to someone else, like your red container medical waste provider has to. Ensuring compliance to waste segregation protocols can be difficult, both to train staff and to enforce. This can put your hospital at risk for regulatory action.

For more information: Call 800.645.8265 Email healthcareservices@cleanharbors.com www.cleanharbors.com * There are a few waste items that must be collected separately due to DOT regulations. Please contact Clean Harbors for more info.

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Safer for the Environment Pharmaceutical Waste Management by Clean Harbors A single container system that is simple to implement for clinical staff and is safer for the environment. It eliminates the need for waste segregation, and reduces RCRA hazardous waste disposal errors and potential liability costs.

Founder & CEO: Alan McKim Founded: 1980 Employees: 12,500 Stock Symbol: CLH Toll-free Phone:

(800) 282-0058 x5465 (781) 792-5465 Address: 42 Longwater Drive Norwell, MA 02061 Website: www.cleanharbors.com Phone:

Company Background Clean Harbors is the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout North America. The Company serves over 60,000 customers, including a majority of the Fortune 500 companies, thousands of smaller private entities and numerous federal, state, provincial and local governmental agencies. Within Clean Harbors Environmental Services, the Company offers Technical Services and Field Services. Technical Services provide a broad range of hazardous material management and disposal services including the collection, packaging, transportation, recycling, treatment and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Field Services provide a wide variety of environmental cleanup services and industrial maintenance on customer sites or other locations on a scheduled or emergency response basis.

Protection Agency (EPA) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) waste disposal rules that can result from waste segregation disposal systems. The Clean Harbors One Container Program is a comprehensive collection system that is customized for each organization. Clean Harbors staff, of hazardous waste experts, work with healthcare facilities to design waste management systems that improve safety, compliance, and environmental impact. They will also develop schedules and procedures for the collection, transportation, management, documentation, and destruction of each unique waste profile. In addition to the reduction in liability, the One Container Program “blended” disposal cost is cost competitive and often cost neutral because Clean Harbors, as the largest hazardous waste incineration company in North America, owns and operates every step of the hazardous waste disposal process.

Testimonial “ Clean Harbors brings a lot of value to the relationship. I know that I can count on them to efficiently handle the collection and disposal responsibilities. I also know that Mellissa (Clean Harbors Project Manager) is always there to do the special projects that keep us moving forward in reducing our waste and finding new efficiencies.” — Crystal Saric, Coordinator of Waste Services and Waste Reduction, Fairview Health Service, Minneapolis, MN

Headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts, Clean Harbors has more than 200 locations, including over 50 waste management facilities, throughout North America in 37 U.S. states, seven Canadian provinces, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Product Overview Clean Harbors offers the simplest and most compliant pharmaceutical waste program available - the One Container Program. Frontline clinicians at hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities simply put both hazardous and nonhazardous pharmaceutical wastes in the same black container.* This substantially reduces noncompliance with Environmental

* There are a few items that must be collected separately due to DOT regulations. Please contact Clean Harbors for more information.

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Sildenafil Citrate 20 mg tablets. Easy–to–read bar codes ensure both accurate and easy scanning. In addition, our cartons feature color–coded labels with “tall man” lettering to more easily distinguish between similar items on the pharmacy shelf.

Safety & Efficiency. In Every Dose. 800.707.4621 americanhealthpackaging.com

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EXCLUSIVE Unit Dose from AHP Enhances Pharmacy Efficiency AHP Exclusive unit dose SKUs are the only commercially available bar-coded offering in the marketplace. This group of 90+ items are an attractive offering to hospitals seeking reliably safe and easily scannable prepackaged unit dose items to support BCMA. General Manager: Rick Knight Business Division of AmerisourceBergen Toll-free Phone:

(800) 707-4621 (614) 492-8177 Fax: (614) 492-0448 Location: Columbus, OH Website: americanhealthpackaging.com Phone:

Company Background Located in Columbus, Ohio, American Health Packaging is a subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen. Our manufacturing facility is registered with the FDA and fully adheres to current cGMP. Industry veterans with over 100 years of collective experience lead the quality and manufacturing departments. American Health Packaging is licensed by the Drug Enforcement Administration to package Schedule II to V controlled substances. Product Overview Hospital pharmacies juggle many critical tasks. The top priority is patient safety. Operational efficiency is important too as institutions seek to provide bar-coded medications to enable BCMA in the most efficient and cost effective way possible. American Health Packaging supports this health systems' priority with its growing line of prepackaged unit dose products.

American Health Packaging's easy-to-read bar codes ensure both accurate and easy scanning. In addition, our cartons feature colorcoded labels with “tall man” lettering to more easily distinguish between similar items on the pharmacy shelf. Pharmacy efficiency. Pharmacies are concerned with the timely

processing of orders to supply the proper medications to patients as quickly as possible. Adding a multitude of steps to package and check commercially available products in-house not only slows down this process, it also takes those clinicians away from their core competency - patient care.

Liability management. Packaging products within health system

pharmacies can be met with various distractions in terms of quality systems and process controls. Errors that arise can place the liability on the hospital, as well as the caregivers themselves. Mitigation of risk is key. Purchasing medications from a highly regulated, cGMP compliant company such as AHP shifts some of the burden of responsibility from the health system. Cost savings. In addition to shifting the potential costs of errors, health systems that choose to package onsite must consider other direct costs such as establishing the packaging infrastructure as well as paying the highly trained professional staff to perform, manage and support non-core work.

Market Leadership in Providing Unit Dose Bar-coded to the dose level, our unit dose line continues to grow! The line now contains over 400 SKUs. And, nearly a third are industry exclusives - only available from American Health Packaging in a unit dose bar-coded package format. Our products support all the major therapeutic classes. Recently launched AHP exclusives include: Fenofibrate 48 mg and 145 mg tablets, Irbesartan 150 mg tablets, Naltrexone HCl 50 mg tablets and Sildenafil Citrate 20 mg tablets. Features & Benefits

There are many benefits to American Health Packaging prepackaged unit-dose products: Safety. Companies that specialize in pharmaceutical packaging are

highly regulated and scrutinized by the FDA. Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliance ensures that products are packaged in a regulated and safe environment. Packaging professionals are adept at ensuring the product’s lot number, National Drug Code and expiration date are recorded correctly and legibly.

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Oseltamivir Phosphate

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Hospital Solutions by Fagron

Gary Schneider Founded: 1980 Employees: 60+ Toll-free Phone: (800) 423-6967 Fax: (800) 339-1596 Address: 2400 Pilot Knob Road St. Paul, MN 55120 Website: fagron.us

Company Background

Since 1980, Fagron, Inc., headquartered in St. Paul, MN, is the premier provider of fine pharmaceutical ingredients, equipment, and supplies to pharmacists in the United States. Fagron has continued to grow through the years because of its innovation and ability to bring new products to the U.S. compounding market. One of Fagron’s strengths is that of offering new bases and vehicles using varying approaches to providing medication and pharmaceutical elegance to compounded preparations. We listen to our customers and work together with pharmacists, prescribers, and universities to provide the foundation for our successful optimization of pharmaceutical compounding methods. Fagron, Inc. is part of the larger Fagron Group which is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Fagron is focused on optimizing and innovating pharmaceutical compounding to widen prescribers’ therapeutic choices, enabling improved, focused pharmaceutical care. Fagron supports the unique position of the pharmacist in the patient’s quality of life improvement. Fagron is a total one-stop shop for compounding pharmacies. We carry innovative bases and vehicles and a wide selection of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to fit all of your needs and the equipment and supplies to compound unique dosage forms for your patients.

Product Overview n SyrSpend® SF Family of Products The SyrSpend® SF family of products is an innovative line of oral compounding vehicles. This unique line of products is sugar- and alcohol-free, providing low osmolality (<50 mOsm/kg) to minimize GI upset and laxative effects. Active Suspending Technology™ holds particles in suspension longer to allow for more accurate dosing. • SyrSpend® SF is an all-in-one suspending vehicle buffered to a pH of 4.2 for maximum compatibility with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). • SyrSpend® SF Alka is an easy-to-use powder for reconstitution that provides an alkaline environment for acid-labile drugs.

Stability studies are being performed continuously to provide you with extended beyond-use dating. Currently available studies include: omeprazole, vancomycin, oseltamivir, propranolol, metronidazole, gabapentin, verapamil, and ursodiol in SyrSpend® SF. Visit www.syrspendsf.com for more details.

n LETS KIT Convenience Pack

Fagron has your solution to LETS compounding. The easy-to-use LETS kit from Fagron simplifies the compounding process by offering a convenient package containing all the pre-weighed ingredients! With the simple addition of water, each kit will make 100 milliliters of anesthetic solution. The compact packaging allows the kits to be stacked easily for quick access and inventory control. LETS – a solution of lidocaine, epinephrine, tetracaine, and sodium metabisulfite – is a proven, innovative, safe, and effective option to provide rapid topical anesthesia and is used extensively in ER settings. The Annals of Emergency Medicine published Tetracaine, Epinephrine (Adrenalin), and Cocaine (TAC) Versus Lidocaine, Epinephrine, and Tetracaine (LET) for Anesthesia of Laceration in Children (1995; 25(2): p. 203-205) which reported the duration of anesthesia experienced between TAC and LET during suturing. The study showed no statistically significant difference in efficacy and duration of anesthesia when using LET in place of TAC. By using LETS, concerns over the use of a controlled substance are eliminated and cost is dramatically reduced without compromising patient care. It has been shown to avoid the serious adverse reactions (seizures, respiratory depression, and death) that can occur when using TAC while providing the same level of anesthetic control and duration.

n Drug Shortages

Fagron carries a wide range of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to help get your pharmacy through drug shortages. Our high quality APIs can be used to compound capsules, oral solutions, topical preparations, and parental preparations (USP <797>). Visit our website or call us to check on the availability of various APIs before switching your patients to alternative therapies.

n Increased Resources for Sterile Preparation Compounding

Due to the ongoing need for sterile compounding, Fagron has expanded its resources to provide you with the equipment and supplies you need. We carry Texwipe cleaning and disinfecting products, autoclaves, sterilizers, test kits, equipment and supplies, filters, CleanStep™ Mats, and much more. Fagron also sponsors an Aseptic Technique Compounding Course through the American College of Apothecaries.

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Company Background ITWatchDogs helps prevent disastrous situations resulting from climate and power related issues among facilities in healthcare and IT. Our products allow users to keep an eye on environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, water leak detection, door position, power failure and more, enabling users to take corrective action to prevent loss of critical inventory and other assets.

Trade Shows/Meetings Attended HIMSS and ASHP Pricing Information ITWatchDogs environment monitors start at just $189 for webbased temperature/humidity monitoring. Our solutions are fully scalable allowing users to monitor a single point to hundreds of points in a local environment. Our products are a one-time expense and come with FREE technical support and firmware upgrades, requiring no subscription contracts. All products come with a 30 day money-back guarantee. Ordering Information To order, simply visit www.itwatchdogs.com or contact us at sales@itwatchdogs.com or at (512) 257-1462.

Our friendly, knowledgeable and professional engineers provide superior service and customer education, and demonstrate our commitment to quality and innovation. ITWatchDogs is a division within the Data Center Solutions Group of Companies held by PCE. Sister companies include Geist and Opengate Data Systems. Headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, PCE is privately held and has offices worldwide.

Product Overview For maintaining and monitoring conditions at storage facilities for vaccines, tissue banks, blood samples and other biological samples, turn to the solutions offered by ITWatchDogs. The rise of electronic health records and health information exchanges puts greater pressure on healthcare providers to keep updated logs on their storage conditions, and our solutions make this process easier by automating logs pertaining to environmental monitoring.

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FDA Registered Supplier of Outsourced Pharmacy Preparations. Our experience with cGMP focused policies and procedures along with carefully designed facilities, equipment, training and testing, provide confidence to our customers in the quality of our services.

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Outsourced Pharmacy Preparations by Cantrell Drug Company Our experience with cGMP focused policies and procedures along with carefully designed facilities, equipment, training and testing, provide confidence to our customers in the quality of our services. CEO:

Dell McCarley, P.D. Founded: 1952 Employees: <100 Toll-free Phone: (877) 666-5222 Phone number: (501) 666-2020 Fax: (877) 666-8962 Address: 7321 Cantrell Road Little Rock, AR 72207 Website: www.cantrelldrug.com

Company Background Established in 1952, Cantrell Drug Company has a long and successful history. Amidst many changes in the field of pharmacy, Cantrell Drug Company has remained committed to the specific needs of patients. This privately owned and operated corporation is one of the nation’s most advanced sterile compounding and manufacturing facilities. Cantrell Drug Company’s level of excellence is achieved by a dedicated team of licensed Doctors of Pharmacy and Certified Pharmacy Technicians, utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Cantrell Drug Company offers both FDA Registered Product Lines and PCAB Accredited Custom Compounded Medications. Cantrell Drug is registered with the FDA, licensed nationwide by state boards of pharmacy and maintains a DEA manufacturer’s license.

Product Overview Every healthcare institution is sure to feel the effects of drug shortages in the coming months; in fact, the amount of drug shortages has more than tripled since 2005. Approximately 80% of these products were sterile injectable medications. The shortages lead to increased cost for pharmacies to meet patient and physician needs, and much of the financial impact is felt in acute care divisions. Cantrell Drug Company offers compounded solutions to many of these drug shortages. We are currently providing many of the “hard to find” products.

Testimonial “ Cantrell Drug Company has been a lifesaver when it comes to drug shortages. A quick e-mail to Cantrell, and more often than not, they are able to provide the needed product. A couple of weeks ago, our metoclopramide injection supply was critically low. Cantrell saved the day by providing what commercial vendors could not. I am confident that the products we receive from Cantrell Drug Company are sterile and accurate because of the rigorous quality control tests that are performed on every batch. It is comforting to know that Cantrell Drug Company will provide a quality product at a fair price.” –– Angela N. Powell, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Baxter Regional Medical Center

Quality Control & Quality Assurance Cantrell Drug Company’s FDA Registered Product Lines are produced under a comprehensive Quality System model that supports and sustains robust quality systems consistent with cGMP regulations. These products are produced in an FDA registered facility using current Good Manufacturing Practices. Cantrell’s Quality Control and Quality Assurance (QC/QA) program monitors the quality of Cantrell’s preparations through testing, documentation and continuous quality improvement procedures ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal regulations. Cantrell’s PCAB Accredited Custom Compounding Services exceed USP 797 requirements for Pharmaceutical compounding - Sterile Preparations. Our products undergo potency, endotoxin and sterility testing as per USP. Cantrell Drug Company utilizes a formalized QA program, which encompasses all aspects of preparation and testing to ensure accuracy and precision of our custom compounds.

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RXinsider’s Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show 24 / 7 / 365 450+ Booths, 130 Aisles www.rxinsider.com ASHP 2013 Summer Meeting June 1 - 5, 2013 Minneapolis, MN www.ashp.org IACP Annual Meeting (Compounders on Capitol Hill) June 1 - 4, 2013 Crystal Gateway Marriott Arlington, VA www.iacprx.org McKesson ideaShare 2013 June 26 - 30, 2013 Venetian Resort Hotel Las Vegas, NV www.mckessonideashare.com AACP Annual Meeting and Seminars July 13 - 17, 2013 Hyatt Regency Chicago Chicago, IL www.aacp.org Texas Pharmacy Association: Rxperts Conference & Expo July 25 - 27, 2013 Frisco, TX www.rxpert.org Cardinal Health RBC August 7 - 10, 2013 Seattle, WA rbc.cardinalhealth.com

NACDS Total Store Expo August 10 - 13, 2013 Sands Expo and Convention Center Las Vegas, NV www.rxconference.org 2013 NPPA Conference (National Pharmacy Purchasing Association) August 19 - 22, 2013 Bally’s Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV www.PharmacyPurchasing.com

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New England Pharmacists Annual Convention September 19 - 20, 2013 MGM Grand at Foxwoods Mashantucket, CT www.nepharmacists.org NCPA Annual Convention October 12 - 16, 2013 Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Orlando, FL www.ncpanet.org HSCA 2013 Healthcare Supply Chain Expo October 21 - 23, 2013 JW Marriott Washington, DC www.supplychainassociation.org Innovatix + Essensa National Meeting & Exhibition October 28 - 30, 2013 Hollywood, CA www.innovatix.com

All shows are subject to change.

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Hundreds of employers. Thousands of jobs. One location.

Virtual Pharmacy Job EXPO With more than 350,000 annual visitors, the Virtual Pharmacy Job EXPO is the perfect resource for employers to post career opportunities, brand their organizations and connect with pharmacy professionals. For details, contact our sales team at sales@RXinsider.com or 800.972.2083. © 2013 RXinsider LTD. All rights reserved.

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2013 Healthcare Supply y Chain Expo October 21–23, 2013 JW Marriott Washington DC Join us in the Nation’s Capital for the most influential supply chain event of 2013 Together, the Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) and the Healthcare Industry Supply Chain Institute (HISCI) co-host the Healthcare Supply Chain Expo (formerly the International Expo) to provide supply chain representatives with top-level educational opportunities and one-on-one networking and businessbuilding opportunities. By attending, you will make an investment in the future growth and vitality of your business.

Relevant and timely educational sessions

Get the most up-to-date information on relevant issues affecting your business from experts in the healthcare industry.

Networking with decision-makers

In addition to the great educational opportunities, the Expo includes ample time within the program for you to meet and network with high-level executives. Plan to join more than 500 group purchasing members and suppliers from investorowned and not‐for‐profit corporations, purchasing groups, associations, multi‐hospital systems, and healthcare provider alliances for the most influential supply chain event of the year. For more information, visit supplychainassociation.org/expo or hisci-net.org/expo.

Pharmacy Buyer Education: learn the ins and outs of pharmacy purchasing for hospitals, medical centers, & health systems. 

Lectures solely focused on Pharmacy Purchasing: Cost Savings & Revenue Generating Improving Productivity & Efficiency Buying Best Practices

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Attendees receive 8-10 ACPE-accredited Pharmacy CE’s

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Event Calendar

Trade Shows, Meetings & Expositions For listing and advertising details, please contact Sales@RXinsider.com or call 800.972.2083

continued from page 38 CSHP Seminar 2013 Oct. 31 - November 3, 2013 Disneyland Anaheim, CA seminar.cshp.org 2013 ASCP Annual Meeting & Exhibition November 20 - 22, 2013 Washington State Convention Center Seattle, WA www.ascp.com ASHP 2013 Midyear Clinical Meeting December 8 - 12, 2013 Orlando, FL www.ashp.org HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition February 24 - 26, 2014 Orlando, FL www.himssconference.org MHA Annual Business Summit March 19 - 21, 2014 Las Vegas, NV www.mhainc.com

ASCP Spring Conference + Exhibition June 11 - 14, 2014 JW Marriott Desert Ridge Phoenix, AZ www.ascp.com Annual Seminar by the Sea Northeast Regional Conference TBD, 2014 www.uri.edu CPhA’s Annual Meeting TBD, 2014 www.cpha.com The unSUMMIT 2014 TBD, 2014 www.unsummit.com Armada Specialty Pharmacy Summit TBD, 2014 www.armadasummit.com NCPA Annual Conference on National Legislation & Government Affairs TBD, 2014 www.ncpanet.org

APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition March 28 - 31, 2014 www.pharmacist.com

130 aisles. 450 booths.

AMCP’s Annual Meeting & Expo April 2 - 4, 2014 Tampa Convention Center Tampa, FL www.amcp.org

One location.

Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show All in One Convenient Location All shows are subject to change.

All shows are subject to change.

More than 250,000 annual visitors turn to the Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show to research and connect with leading providers of products and services throughout every segment of pharmacy. RXinsider.com

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NO LIMITS

Any location. Any time. Any users.

Real-Time Analytics ®

An Enterprise Software Solution for Managing The Cold Chain

Sends Alarm Notifications by Cell Phone, e-mail or Text and has Temperature & RH Humidity Monitoring

Dashboard Control

Historical Analytics

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Marathon LoggerPulse™ Enterprise Software and Network Data Loggers for Monitoring the Cold Chain Marathon Products edl-WiFi and edl-Net temperature data loggers provide low cost, reliable, protection for drugs, vaccines, cell lines, refrigerators, freezers, incubators, and all storage facilities. LoggerPulse Enterprise Software provides Alarm Notifications and the ultimate easy access to your data anytime from anywhere.

Company:

Marathon Products, Inc. Founded: 1991 Employees: 15 in USA and 60 in China Phone: (510) 562-6450 Address: Marathon Products 627 McCormick Street San Leandro, CA 94577 Website: www.marathonproducts.com e-mail: web-inquiry@marathonproducts.com

Company Background

Since 1991, Marathon Products has been designing, manufacturing and distributing temperature recording data collectors for monitoring the cold chain. Our growth is due to our commitment to customer service and to continuous product improvement. Today, our customers are Fortune 500 companies including governmental laboratories, research organizations, pharmaceutical and drug discovery companies, hospitals, blood banks, IVF clinics, chemical manufacturers, the aerospace and semiconductor industries, the transportation industry and many others where obtaining accurate and reliable time and temperature information is critical for validating product and material safety. Marathon Products’ state-of-the-art technology delivers reliable data logging solutions for applications from cryogenics to high temperatures.

Product Overview

n EDL-WiFi & EDL-Net Loggers Real Time: Use our EDL-Net and EDL-WiFi data loggers to enjoy real-time

n LoggerPulse Location Independence: Data loggers located anywhere can be centrally

managed and monitored.

Flexible Hosting Options: From single Windows PC to multiple servers in multiple locations; local in-house servers to cloud-based services. Alarm Notifications: Highly customizable alarm notifications ensure

that the right people are alerted when loggers detect a problem. Alarm notifications can be sent as a phone call to land lines and mobile phones, as email to regular email accounts or to mobile phones as text messages.

Web-based Software: Means hassle-free deployment for access by an unlimited number of users with a standard web browser. Dashboard Control: An intuitive and interactive dashboard makes it easy

to view status, manage, and program multiple loggers with ease.

Real-time Data & Analytics: Multiple users can concurrently monitor

data streamed in real-time from any number of loggers.

Bulk Administration: Programming, starting and stopping hundreds of loggers can be done effortlessly from a single web page. Concurrent & Secure Access: Enable multiple users to simultaneously

perform analytics and administration functions while constraining actions based on permissions.

Audit Trail: Individual actions and exceptions ar e logged to the database for

accountability and traceability. User notes are incorporated for explanation and follow up.

Historical Analytics: View aggregated logger data for any period in the

past in graphical or tabular formats. Export to Microsoft Excel for further analysis and reporting.

temperature data collection and monitoring with access at any time, from anywhere in the world over a local network or via an internet connection.

Attribute Filters: A single click is all it takes to filter for specific status and

Network Attached: Leverage your existing network with the built-in WiFi

Multi-Sensor Inputs: Temperature, Humidity, CO2, N2, O2 (Pending).

b/g/n connectivity to avoid expensive installation costs for managing temperature data. Monitor multiple floors, buildings, rooms and locations simultaneously. Alarm Notification: User programmable to detect high and low temperature

conditions, e.g. Alarms.

Support For All Popular Browsers: Flexible, intuitive interface ensures that LoggerPulse will work the same way regardless of your business browser standard.

excursions, or power outages, trigger audible and visible alarms as well as send alert notifications via cell phone and/or e-mail for management control.

Additional Product Lines

21 CFR Compliant: Marathon’s 21 CFR: Part 11 compliant software, with

Multi-Use USB Loggers.........................................................2ctemp-USB

secure supervisory controls, will allow database creations for products, part numbers, dates, locations, identification numbers, statistical analysis, and more. NIST Traceable: In the lab, our NIST-calibrated and traceable thermistor

probes have been tested sterile and can be used in incubators. In hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and blood banks, the EDL-WiFi and EDL-Net are perfect for quality assurance and quality control, monitoring low temperature freezers, blood storage, vaccines and biologics.

Multi Sensor............................................................................... edl-8 WiFi Temperature & Humidity Loggers.............................................2ctemp-RH Cryogenic Dual Sensor Loggers................................................... Edl-LN2 High Temperature Dual Sensor Loggers..................................... Edl-RTD2 Single-Use USB Loggers.........................................................ctemp-USB RF Loggers....................................................................... edl-RF2, edl-M5

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For more information about RxWorks from AmerisourceBergen Technology Group (ABTG), contact us at 877-781-ABTG (2284), e-mail info@abtg.com or visit us at www.ABTG.com.

FastFind® Universal

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RxWorks™ from AmerisourceBergen Technology Group (ABTG) A platform designed to provide true integration of inventory, workflow, bar coding, packaging, and carousel solutions, RxWorks is optimal for facilities that want greater inventory control, reduced medication errors, advanced unit dose packaging while best utilizing limited space. Vice President/ General Manager:

Tony Guarino

Founded: 1994 Employees: 250+ Toll-free Phone:

(877) 781-ABTG (2284) Address: AmerisourceBergen Technology Group 1400 Busch Parkway Buffalo Grove, IL Website: www.abtg.com

Company Background

AmerisourceBergen Technology Group (ABTG) is a business of AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation and has been a leader in the pharmacy automation industry for nearly 20 years. From small community pharmacies dispensing a few dozen prescriptions per shift to multi-facility health systems supporting thousands of lives, ABTG has technology solutions that will help increase patient safety, streamline medication management processes and control costs. The ultimate goal is to provide our business partners with safer and smarter ways to care for their patients, customers and communities.

Product Overview

RxWorks™ from AmerisourceBergen Technology Group (ABTG) is the platform on which many of our inpatient pharmacy solutions are integrated. Features include: • A single database to manage and connect all of these components. • Modularity that enables reporting consistency. • A single point of entry for medications and users. • Beyond integration, RxWorks is an open system, which means that ABTG designed the platform to have interfacing capabilities with virtually any vendor or device.

Features & Options n RxWORKS INVENTORY This powerful inventory management software module integrates pharmacy, automation, materials, finance, nursing and purchasing systems. With the ability to provide a perpetual inventory system for any number of locations, RxWorks Inventory helps facilities save time and money through better managing drugs and materials processes. n RxWORKS WORKFLOW This integrated software solution is developed to address your needs for safer, more efficient pharmacy workflow management. RxWorks Workflow easily integrates into your environment and interfaces with the pharmacy information management system. Easy to learn and use, RxWorks Workflow is a comprehensive software solution that improves

safety and workflow by efficiently guiding staff to the appropriate pick locations (automated and manual), and more importantly, ensuring that the right drug is picked, in the right dose, for the right patient. n RxWORKS 340B Also integrated on the RxWorks platforms, RxWorks 340B offers a comprehensive approach to track, report and replenish 340B inventory, while improving the overall efficiency of your pharmacy’s supply chain. Implementing this solution provides your pharmacy with the assurance that your 340B savings will be maximized, and your time spent ordering medications will be minimized. n FASTFIND® UNIVERSAL The carousel allows the technicians to retrieve medications from a single location, and the ergonomic design minimizes bending and reaching by picking from the waist height. Driven by the RxWorks platform, the FastFind Universal employs complete inventory management for all items stored in the carousel. That includes the ability to generate purchase order directly from the carousel when inventory is running low. n FASTPAK® EXP Our premier packaging solution, the FastPak EXP consists of packaging subunits that can be easily switched between standard or narrow width; standard for traditional unit dose and multi-dose solutions, narrow for automated dispensing cabinets or 30-day boxes. Innovative Smart Canisters are optional and can be interchanged quickly, enabling the automation of limitless oral solids. n BARCODING STATION The Barcoding Station allows barcodes to be added to products that are either not barcoded by the manufacturer or inadequately coded/ unreadable by your BCMA scanner. Through extensive market research and customer feedback, we update our technology solutions routinely. Look for more cutting edge introductions from ABTG coming soon!

Ordering Information

AmerisourceBergen Technology Group (877) 781-ABTG solutions@amerisourcebergen.com Summer 2013

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Remote Order Entry & Verification Services RxRemoteSolutions (RemoteSolutions) RemoteSolutions provides safe, efficient, office-based medication order entry and verification services which meet The Joint Commission standards, HIPAA regulations, and applicable state licensing requirements. President & CEO: Don Nickleson Toll-free Phone:

(877) 662-4779 Fax: (740) 568-0022 Address: 6409 Quail Hollow Road Memphis, TN 38120 Website: RxRemoteSolutions.com

Product Overview RemoteSolutions provides 24/7, pharmacy-based medication order entry and verification services. Our highly trained pharmacists adhere to your organizational and clinical policies, procedures and protocols. RemoteSolutions provides affordable and flexible services customized to fit the needs of each individual client. Features & Options • Pharmacy-based Operations • Web-cam verification of patient’s own medications and extemporaneous compounds • Q.A./Q.I. Reporting • Intensive Pharmacist Training • F lexible and adaptable coverage for an hour or multiple hours Product Specifications n OUR PROCESS 1. Connect

RemoteSolutions pharmacists are in a secure, licensed pharmacy, connected via HIPAA compliant links directly to your hospital pharmacy system. No interface needed. 2. Receive & Review

A licensed pharmacist receives and reviews the order, intervenes where appropriate, and communicates with the medical staff before the order is processes to ensure high quality medication use. 3. Process, Enter & Verify

RemoteSolutions’ highly trained pharmacists process the incoming orders and enter/verify directly in the hospital pharmacy’s information system.

Testimonials “ I just wanted to share this with you. I saw one of the evening nursing supervisors and her comment was “that overnight service rocks!” The pharmacists are so pleasant and nice to deal with.”

— Michael J. Migliore, R.Ph., M.S. Director of Pharmacy Auburn Community Hospital Auburn, NY

“ RemoteSolutions has enabled us to provide our 25 bed, critical access hospital, with pharmacy coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the first time since opening. After switching from a different vendor to RemoteSolutions, not only did our after-hours pharmacy coverage increase, but our monthly cost for the service decreased by an average of 40%. We could not be more satisfied with coverage provided by the pharmacists, the daily handoffs and the monthly feedback and reports sent by RemoteSolutions.”

— 25 bed hospital in Minnesota

Enhancing Clinical Services RemoteSolutions’ pharmacists are an extension of your pharmacy service and are available to answer questions. We will contact your nursing staff or physician should consultations be necessary. All unresolved orders and patient issues will be communicated to the hospital pharmacy team on the next shift. As a result, pharmacy records are updated and current, allowing your facility’s on-site pharmacy staff to focus efficiently on its daily responsibilities of providing high quality patient care.

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Unit Dose Done Right

Unit Do se Bar Cod , ing, Pharma cy & Nursing Supply Experts !

Simple. Reliable.

800.523.8966

MediDose.com

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Unit Dose Packaging by Medi-Dose, Inc. / EPS, Inc. Improve your Solid Oral Unit Dose needs with our comprehensive Bar Coding, Packaging and Labeling solutions - designed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals. President:

Robert Braverman Founded: 1971 Employees: Private Toll-free Phone: (800) 523-8966 Phone: (215) 396-8600 Fax: (800) 323-8966 Address: 70 Industrial Drive Ivyland, PA 18974 Website: www.medidose.com

Company Background Medi-Dose/EPS was founded in 1971 when Milton Braverman, a former pharmaceutical company Territory Manager, saw the need for inexpensive, manual unit dose packaging allowing a hospital to convert from traditional dispensing. He developed the MediDose System to package, handle and dispense predetermined amounts of medication so they would be accessible for one regular dose. Comprehensive bar coding and labeling identification is accomplished using our innovative MILT 3.0 software. Because of the continued success of the Medi-Dose System, Medi-Dose/EPS expanded its product line to include the TampAlerT System offering tamper-evident liquid packaging, without the need for heat tunnels and accessory sealing equipment, and a full line of supplies and disposable products designed specifically for the pharmacy and health care professional.

Product Overview Medi-Dose provides Tamper-Evidence as well as UV & Moisture Resistance for One-Year beyond-use dating. Our MILT® 3.0 software maintains packaging logs and lets you design and print your Lid-Label® Covers, in color, with Tall Man Lettering, in bold or underlined text and with optional Bar Codes! Directly from your own computer and printer!

Features & Options

n Packaging and Labeling Solutions

• Simple to Use – No Extensive Training Needed • 1 & 2-D Bar Coding – Including NDC, Lot Numbers and Expiration Dating

• Tall Men Lettering and Dynamic Formatting Options • Built-in NDC Lookup Database and Extensive Image Library • Packaging Logs and Error Reporting • 6-month and 1-year Beyond Use Dating • UV and Moisture Resistance • Tamper - Evidence • 13 Styles of Blisters to Accommodate Virtually All Meds • No Machinery or Space Requirements • Inexpensive – No Capital Outlay Required

Product Specifications

n Accompanying Labeling Software

• MLT 3.0 • MLT 2.6 • Medi-Dose 2000

Trade Shows/Meetings Attended ASHP Midyear, ASHP Summer, Joint Forces Pharmacy Seminar, National Pharmacy Purchasing Association, various state & regional pharmacy conferences. Ordering Information For additional information, please contact us at (800) 523-8966, visit our website at www.medidose.com or e-mail us at info@medidose.com.

Medi-Dose works well in any pharmacy operation and can be used with all classifications of drugs (chemo meds, compounded drugs, controlled substances, etc.). It’s affordably priced for all pharmacy budgets. For the best in manual unit dose packaging, check out Medi-Dose!

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The World’s Most Advanced Wiper Technology Video Demo

Cleaning Performance You Can Be SURE Of CapSure® wipers release 80% fewer airborne particles than competitive wipers.

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CapSure® VP Breakthrough Wiper Technology by Berkshire CapSure® VP’s unique patented technology makes it the perfect solution for effective and efficient aseptic environment cleaning. Founded: 1967 Stock Symbol:

Private Company (800) 242-7000 Fax: (336) 446-0156 Address: 21 River Street Great Barrington, MA 01230 USA Website: www.berkshire.com Phone:

Company Background Founded in the mid 1960s, Berkshire Corporation has become a leader in the development and manufacturing of highly technical products and services for critical manufacturing and controlled environment markets worldwide. Today, the Berkshire brand continues to be recognized for its commitment to innovation and unparalleled quality. Berkshire customers find choice, control and consistency in over 30 product lines, including dry and pre-wetted wipers, swabs, facemasks, glove liners, mopping systems, notebooks, and sterile products. Berkshire recognizes the ongoing challenges facing the healthcare and pharmaceutical fields in improving patient care and safety, maintaining quality assurance, achieving USP <797> compliance, and balancing costs. Berkshire has always been a vital supply chain resource and is valued as a GMP partner. Centered on the trust and performance expectations of our products, Berkshire has built long-term and sustainable relationships with a comprehensive approach to lowest total cost in use and application success. Berkshire’s extensive customer support team, website, online store, and local distributor networks are integral components of the experience and expertise valued by Berkshire’s customers. Headquartered in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the company has manufacturing and sales offices throughout the Americas, Europe, North and Southeast Asia.

Product Overview A breakthrough patented (#8,431,497) wiper technology from Berkshire, CapSure®–VP is a sealed edge cleanroom laundered wiper that has been specially engineered for superior surface cleaning ability. A patented surface treatment allows the wiper to capture and retain particulate contamination, resulting in more efficient cleaning and reduced likelihood of cross contamination of critical surfaces. CapSure®–VP’s no-run interlock knit

construction provides a smooth surface texture and excellent absorbency characteristics. This combination of particulate capturing technology, absorbency and very low fibers and particles results in the superior performance required in the most critical environments (ISO Class 3+) and aseptic applications. n Key Attributes • Patented surface treatment captures and retains particulate contamination • 100% continuous filament polyester knit • Sealed edge for reduced fiber contamination • Laundered and packaged in Berkshire’s ISO Class 4 cleanroom n Benefits • Minimal particles, fibers, ions and extractables • Airborne particle release 80% lower than competitive particle attraction wipers • Captures 42 times more particles than competitive (untreated) wipers • Retains 93% of particles captured • Chemically compatible with IPA, Acetone and other solvents • Immediate absorption of liquids for efficient spill clean-up n Environmental • Light-weight, high-absorbency design reduces landfill waste impact when compared to more traditional heavier weight designs n Applications • Designed for use in the most critical environments (ISO Class 3+) and aseptic applications • Designed for the highest level of contamination control in critical processing applications • Isolator cleaning and processing • Steam autoclavable for aseptic applications • Cleaning of medical device products • Applying and removing cleaning and disinfecting solutions Summer 2013

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CHEMOTHERAPY TRAINING KIT For Pharmacy A smart choice for USP<797> Compliance.

Health Care Logistics (800) 848-1633 www.GoHCL.com

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Chemotherapy Training Kit for Pharmacy by Health Care Logistics A smart choice for USP < 797> compliance! Chairman: CEO:

VP of Business Development:

Gary Sharpe Connie Lewis Gayle Watkins

Employees: 200+ Stock Symbol:

Private Company (800) 848-1633 Address: P.O. Box 25 Circleville, OH, 43113-0025 Website: GoHCL.com Toll-free Phone:

Company Background Since 1978, Health Care Logistics has been a health care industry leader who specializes in manufacturing, packaging and distributing unique and hard-to-find products. In addition to the 8,000+ products available in HCL’s inventory, the company provides free search and development services for non-inventory items. HCL offers small product quantities and has no minimum order requirements. Visit HCL online at GoHCL.com or call (800) 848-1633 to speak live with HCL’s friendly, knowledgeable customer service staff from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday.

• Five Transport Bags • Training Manual for Nursing or Pharmacy with 1 Certificate Application Per Training Kit (Certificate valid for one person only). • Refill Kits of the Fluorescein Dye are Available for Ongoing Training

Additional Product Lines HCL stocks more than 8,000 “unique and hard to find” items, such as infection prevention supplies, crushers and cutters, boxes, bins, security seals, compounding and dispensing products, labels, security seals, cabinets and storage, and unit dose packaging supplies. The company does not handle drugs or medications. Markets Served Health Care Logistics provides an extensive offering of unique and hard-to-find items to hospitals, pharmacies, wholesalers, surgery centers, long term care facilities, correctional facilities, outpatient clinics as well as other markets in the healthcare industry. Ordering Information Visit us at www.GoHCL.Com or call (800) 848-1633.

Product Overview This training and certification program provides participants with self-administered, hands-on training for the techniques required to safely handle chemotherapy drugs. Educates participants about the risks associated with the handling of cytotoxic drugs. Features & Options • This training and certification program provides participants with self-administered, hands-on training for the techniques required to safely handle chemotherapy drugs. • Educates participants about the risks associated with the handling of cytotoxic drugs. • A smart choice for USP <797> compliance! • The program educates participants about the risks associated with the handling of cytotoxic drugs. Components include:

• Fluorescein Dye • UV Light (Four AA batteries not included) • Five 10" x 17" (250mm x 432mm) Prep Mats Summer 2013

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Pharmacy Job Opportunities

EXCITING CAREERS IN HOSPITAL PHARMACY Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS) is the nation’s leading Pharmacy Services provider to hospitals-acute & long term acute care, behavioral, specialty hospitals and integrated health systems. We offer a variety of hospital career opportunities for pharmacy leadership, staff and clinical pharmacist, clinical coordinator/manager/specialist, and more. Our jobs are located in hospitals throughout the U.S., the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as well as at our centralized Remote Order Entry Center in Naperville, IL. To view current openings visit us online: http:// jobs.cpspharm.com For questions contact our recruiting hotline: 877.806.7888, x1352

It’s your profession… make a difference one patient at a time.

At Walmart, we believe that quality healthcare is the foundation to a better life. To do this we provide our Pharmacists the tools and resources needed to deliver quality healthcare every day. For over 27 years, we’ve maintained our spot at the forefront of the industry’s technological advancements. Between our locations, offers of training and the chance for advancement, we provide opportunity for Pharmacists like no one else. At the end of the day, we’re simply a team dedicated to helping others save money, so that they can live better, healthier lives. For more information about career opportunities with Walmart, visit walmartstores.com/pharmacy. Walmart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Pharmacy Job Opportunities

Your development, your well-being, your opportunity starts here

Pharmacy Solutions • Over 40 years of experience in helping hundreds of hospital and outpatient pharmacies • One of the largest employers of acute-care pharmacists in the United States • Employer of choice for pharmacists because we offer a variety of career opportunities

© 2013 Cardinal Health. All rights reserved. CARDINAL HEALTH, the Cardinal Health LOGO and ESSENTIAL TO CARE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cardinal Health. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Lit. No. 5HR11434 (04/2013)

cardinalhealth.com/pharmacysolutions

Career need a refill? A healthy career awaits. As one of our pharmacists, you’re on the frontline of personal healthcare, providing valuable service, award-winning clinical care programs and counsel to a wide variety of patients. With more than 2,422 stores in 31 states, opportunities exist to accommodate virtually every lifestyle.

Expectations are fulfilled here. In addition to the staff and management positions, 13 residency programs are also available. To join our talent network please visit www.kroger.com/careers or e-mail krogerresumes@kroger.com. EOE.

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The Best Always Stands Apart.

Dependable. Professional. Experienced.

For more on our supplemental staffing services or to inquire about career opportunities, contact us at

1.800.Rx relief info@rxrelief.com

Rxrelief.com

Our Mission: Consistently Provide Client Experiences Focused on What They Value Most

What Makes Us Different? • We Provide What the Generic Companies Can’t: VALUE - You Get Your Money’s Worth • Our Pharmacists are Clinicians: We Service all Aspects of Pharmacy - Hospital, Home Infusion, Long Term Care, Managed Care, Mail Order, and Community • We are the Experts: Pharmacy Staffing is ALL WE DO • We are Experienced: Rx relief has Over 60 Years of Pharmacists Experience on our Management Team • We are Proven: Rx relief has Provided Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians for Over 30 Years • Your Success is our Success

Serving the U.S. since 1978

130 aisles. 450 booths. One location.

Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show Pharmacy’s Leading Product and Service Providers in One Convenient Location The Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show is pharmacy’s one-stop resource destination to research and connect with leading providers of products and services throughout every segment of pharmacy. Due to its accessibility, relevancy, and focus, more than 250,000 annual visitors depend on the Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show to conduct preliminary and advanced research on industry leaders. RXinsider currently manages five healthcare Virtual Trade Shows in the disciplines of pharmacy, informatics, therapy, continuing education, and general healthcare.

For information on advertising opportunities within the trade show, contact our sales team. RXinsider

What if you could package and dispense more than 3 million doses (and counting) per year without an error?*

With Swisslog solutions, you can. From medication storage and inventory management to automated materials transport, Swisslog’s inspired solutions improve productivity and reduce the opportunity for errors. Our integrated healthcare solutions are the result of more than 95 years of innovation in automation and process improvement. Whether you’re in the pharmacy or at the patient bedside, Swisslog has a solution that delivers what you need–simply and efficiently— so that you can focus on your patients’ needs. For more information on how Swisslog solutions can help you, visit www.swisslog.com. *Source: “Pharmaceutical Robotics Require Careful Assessment.” HealthLeaders Magazine April 2012. Data gathered during PillPick™ system’s first year of operation at a prestigious west coast hospital.

Swisslog Healthcare Solutions PillPick™ Automated Pharmacy Robot | BoxPicker™ Automated Medication Storage and Retrieval | ATP Series™ High Speed Tablet Packagers BullsEye™ Tablet Splitter | MedRover Mobile Medication Cabinet |TransLogic™ Pneumatic Tube System RoboCourier™ Autonomous Mobile Robot | TransCar™ Automated Guided Vehicle

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