Newport Beach, CA -- (SBWire) -- 04/15/2016 --Based in Newport Beach, California, American Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance (APPA) recently inaugurated their Industry Awards and the winners have now been published on their official website. APPA is a community of dedicated members that is working towards the advancement of the pharmaceutical purchasing industry. According the company website, the pharmaceutical purchasing industry is still "undervalued" and needs dedicated individuals who can work as a team to further the industry.
"Pharmaceutical Purchasing is an undervalued industry yet, can and does make significant contributions to patient care and to the industry as a whole. With APPA speaking on behalf of the underdogs in the industry, our voice is strengthened by unity and by the wealth of member experiences. Through our efforts, the recognition and increased knowledge potential offered to our members in this complex profession will forge relationships for future personal and professional growth," states the 'About Us' page on the official APPA website.
Members of the APPA community include pharmacy buyers, independent pharmacy owners, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, distributors, wholesalers, government purchasers, non-profit and private purchasing companies and more. APPA inaugurated the Industry Awards in order to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of their community members who strive to make the pharmaceutical purchasing industry successful. The polls for voting were started on January 1, 2016 and closed on March 31st, 2016. With 18 categories in total, the public polls received immense amounts of votes from not only industry peers but company customers also.
An APPA spokesperson made an official press statement in which he discussed the work of the company and the idea behind the APPA Industry Awards, "Here at APPA, we are a community of dedicated individuals and companies working in alliance to improve and bring a change in the pharmaceutical purchasing industry for the benefit of the consumers. In order to pay respect to our community members and acknowledge their outstanding efforts, we organized the APPA Industry Awards and all the results from the public polls are finally here."
The complete list of categories and winners is as follows:
Pharmacy Buyer of the Year: Lisa Saminathen – Santa Clara Valley Medical Center – San Francisco, CA
Pharmacy Technician of the Year: Steffani Sweetman – Asher College – Sacramento, CA
Pharmacist of the Year: Travis Hale – Remington Drug – Remington, VA
Pharmaceutical Sales Rep of the Year: Marc Weiss – AmerisourceBergen – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Inside Sales Rep of the Year: Kelby Keeling – AmerisourceBergen – Dallas, TX
CEO of the Year: Steven H. Collis – AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Hall of Fame Award (20+ Years of Industry Experience): Suzette DiMascio – CSI Specialty Group
Hospital Pharmacy of the Year: Florida Hospital Orlando – Orlando, FL
Independent Pharmacy of the Year: Good Neighbor Pharmacy
Specialty Pharmacy of the Year: OptumRX
Community Advocate of the Year: AmerisourceBergen
Industry News Provider of the Year: Pharmacy Times
Pharmaceutical Technology Company of the Year: Accudose
Pharmaceutical Company of the Year: MannKind Corporation
Pharmaceutical Distributor of the Year: AmerisourceBergen
Pharmaceutical Wholesaler of the Year: ParagonMeds
Pharmacy Specialty Supplier of the Year: Humco
Tele Medicine Company of the Year: LifeMD
For more details and info, the official APPA website can be seen at http://joinappa.com/.
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American Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance Announces Winners of Their Industry Awards
American Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance (APPA) is a community of pharmaceutical experts working together for the betterment of the pharmaceutical purchasing industry. APPA has now announced the winners of their Industry Awards.