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We have for your viewing pleasure pictures from the recent 11th Annual Pharmacy Purchasing Networking Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 13-16, 2007.   Larger, downloadable pictures are available at the site listed at the bottom of this page.
 
 
11th Annual Pharmacy Purchasing Networking Conference

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    The largest assemblage of Pharmacy Purchasing Professionals in the country, 403 purchasing professionals, 425 vendor representatives and 83 displaying sponsor companies, were in attendance in Las Vegas at The Orleans Hotel and Casino for the 11th Annual Pharmacy Purchasing Networking Conference.

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    A full 11.50 hours of educational credit was avalable to all attendees via General Sessions and smaller breakout sessions.

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    Many Pharmacy Buyers and Sponsoring vendor companies were recognized for their valued contributions and support of our most recent Conference.
    Above are pictured the winners of Pharmacy Purchasing Outlook's Award Program for Outstanding Buyers of the Year being presented their certificates from Dale Kroll, PPO Editor-in-Chief (on the left of each photo), and Tom McGowan, CEO of Acute Care Pharmaceuticals and Sponsor of the Buyer Award (on the right of each photo).  The winning buyers are in the middle, holding their certificate.
    From left to right, in 1st-3rd place order, are:  1st place winner, Carl Whittemore, Pharmacy Purchasing Coordinator of Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in Utica, New York; 2nd place winner Richard Ponder, Pharmacy Inventory Coordinator of East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, LA; and 3rd Place winner Debbie Reed, Pharmacy Buyer of Munson Medical Center, Traverse City, MI. 

Bedford Laboratories
EXP Pharmaceutical Servces
Cardinal Health

    Many of the vendor companies in attendence were honored for their contributions as Top Supportive Companies by company type and overall, based on PPO's annual Supportive Vendor Ratings program. 
    Top Supportive Companies pictured above (starting on the left), are: Bedford Laboratories, the Top Supportive Drug Company;  EXP Pharmaceutical Services, the Top Supportive Reverse Distributor; and Cardinal Health, the Top Supportive Major Wholesaler. 
    The rest of the category winners (not pictured here above), are:  AmerisourceBergen, American Health Packaging, ASD Healthcare, & Chapin Specialty Healthcare for Top Supportive Family of Companies; and Med-Search Pharmaceuticals, for both the Top Supportive Specialty Distributor, as well as the Top Supportive Company Overall.

Pictures from the 11th Annual Conference can be found at:

Summerdale Enterprises, Inc.  4747 Morena Blvd  San Diego, CA 92117-3468  858-581-6373 FAX 858-581-6372