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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 8, 2007
CONTACT: Michael Williams
Amerita, Inc.
(949) 387-5080
mwilliams@ameritaiv.com
CENTRAL LINE INFUSION OPENS NEW SPECIALTY INFUSION FACILITY IN HOUSTON
Central Line Infusion, an Amerita company,
opens Houston branch
to broaden service area
of quality specialty home infusion services in
Texas.
Irvine, California, February 8, 2007 – Amerita, Inc. announced the opening
of a new full-service infusion pharmacy at 4001 West Sam Houston Parkway North,
Suite 120 in Houston, Texas. According to the company, the Central Line Infusion
facility will provide specialty infusion services to patients in the Greater
Houston marketplace from a new location specifically designed to meet or exceed
the stringent new standards set for sterile compounding (USP 797). The new
location expands Amerita’s current service area into Southeast Texas
and gives the company an opportunity to compete in the fourth largest city
in America.
“Houston is an important marketplace for Amerita,” said Jim Glynn,
the company’s president and CEO. “It would be impossible for our
company to offer state-wide service without a foothold in Houston. The decision
to build a totally new location versus buy an existing operation was based
on our ability to recruit a strong management team with extensive market experience.”
“Healthcare is a local business,” said Ray McCaslin, the general
manager of the new Central Line Infusion branch. “Amerita’s philosophy
is to keep decision making close to the customer in order to provide our clients
with outstanding clinical and customer service. This local approach is just
what this industry needs to bring patient care, customer service and responsiveness
back into focus. We will also benefit from the purchasing power and administrative
savings a larger company can bring to a local business. ”
Specialty infusion therapy services primarily involve the intravenous administration
of medications that treat a wide range of acute and chronic health conditions
such as infections, auto-immune illnesses, cancer, pain, multiple sclerosis,
hemophilia and nutritional deficiencies. To ensure quality, medications are
compounded in a sterile clean room, dispensed under the supervision of a local
registered pharmacist and delivered directly to the home of the patient. A
registered nurse then ensures safe administration of the medication.
Amerita, Inc. www.ameritaiv.com is a privately held
Specialty Infusion company focused on providing complex pharmaceutical products
and clinical services to patients outside of the hospital. This market is expanding
rapidly and is driven by increasing healthcare costs, a growing bio-pharmaceutical
pipeline of infuseable and injectable medications and an aging population.
Amerita is headquartered at 20 Fairbanks, Suite 173, Irvine, CA 92618. Phone:
(949) 273-6528 / Fax: (949) 273-6547
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