January 31, 2013
Armada Health Care
Forms New Specialty Pharmacy Association
Florham Park-based Armada Health Care
recently announced the
formation of the Specialty Pharmacy
Association of America (SPAARx), a
free-standing, national organization
representing the professional and
business interests of the specialty
pharmacy industry. This new
organization is being formed in
response to the overwhelming volume
of requests from numerous
stakeholders asking that Armada take
the lead and help fill this void in
the healthcare marketplace.
SPAARx
will be neutral to all industry
vendors. It will be governed by a
board of directors comprised of
executives from a diverse group of
specialty pharmacies and related
organizations. Board members will
establish the agenda for shaping the
Association's mission, objectives
and future activities.
The official
launch of SPAARx will occur at the
9th Annual Armada Specialty Pharmacy
Summit which is scheduled for the
week of May 6th in Las Vegas, NV.
Total participation at this year's
Summit is projected to reach a
record 2,500 specialty pharmacy
industry attendees which will rank
the Armada Summit among other highly
prominent national pharmacy
conferences.
Armada Summit
attendees will be invited to join
the new Association as charter
members. Ultimately, the new
Association will include thousands
of individual members, specialty
pharmacy corporations and other
related industry organizations from
all 50 states. The unifying goal of
the Association is to preserve and
promote the common business
interests of specialty pharmacy
along with fostering professional
and personal growth opportunities
within the industry.
"Over the past
several months, numerous industry
stakeholders have encouraged Armada
to take the lead and create a new,
industry-aligned association for
specialty pharmacy. After much
consideration, we responded with the
plan to utilize our Annual Summit as
the springboard to develop and grow
the new association," said Lawrence
Irene, Armada CEO. Irene added, "We
see this as a natural progression
for the evolution of our annual
conference as it continues to grow.
The reputation, size and scope of
our annual conference will give the
new Association instant credibility
in the marketplace. It is the
perfect venue as it provides a
neutral and unified focal point for
the rapidly expanding specialty
pharmacy industry."
Over the past
decade, Armada has grown its annual
business Summit into the nation's
largest conference for the specialty
pharmacy industry.
Continuing its
evolution, Armada welcomes all
specialty pharmacy stakeholders and
organizations to attend the 2013
Summit.
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