[Pharmwaste] List of Return Centers in the USA

[Bunnell, Ross]

Dear PharmWaste ListServ members:

I'm trying to compile a list of the current, active pharmaceutical return centers in the USA.  By "return centers," I mean commercial facilities that take unwanted/unusable pharmaceuticals primarily from health care facilities and pharmacies, and reimburse the sender a return value or credit for those meds that the manufacturers have authorized reimbursement for.  I'm not talking about collection centers for residential Pharmwaste.

Charlotte Smith kindly sent me a list of a couple dozen return centers that existed in 2003 (see list below).  If any of you know of any additions or changes to this list, please advise me accordingly by sending me an email directly (so as not to clog up the ListServ).  Better yet, if any of you have already gone through this exercise and are willing to share the results, that would be great, too!  I will share my results with you all once I have as complete a list as I can get.

Thanks!

--Ross Bunnell, Sanitary Engineer 3
CT Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance
Waste Engineering & Enforcement Division
Tel.  860.424.3274
Fax  860.424.4059
ross.bunnell at ct.gov


List of Known Return Centers as of 2003:

Capital Returns, Inc. (now known as Genco Pharmaceutical Services) - Milwaukee, WI
Certified Returns (L.L. Horizons) - Brandenton, FL?
EXP Pharmaceutical Services, Fremont, CA
Guaranteed Returns (Devos Ltd) - Holbrook, NY
Inventory Management Company - Elmhurst, IL
Maximum RX Credit, Inc. - Atlanta, GA
MedShop - Location Unknown
Med-Turn, Inc. - Noblesville, IN (now Inmar?)
National Pharmaceutical Returns, Inc. - Urbandale, IA
OneSource Returns (Excess Management Systems, Inc.) - Location Unknown
P.S. Industries, Inc. - Seattle, WA
Pharmaceutical Credit Corp. - Brentwood, TN
Pharmaceutical Returns Service, Inc. - Elmhurst, IL?
Pharmacy Software Solutions, Inc. (Direct Return) - Indianapolis, IN (now Stericycle?)
Qualanex - Chicago, IL (new)
Professional Returns - Chandler, AZ
Reliable RX Return, Inc. - Bohemia, NY
Return Logistics International Corp. - Savannah, GA
Return Solutions, Inc. - Knoxville, TN
RX Automation, Inc. - DelRay Beach, FL (now Stericycle?)
SAI Transport - Lakeland, FL
Strong Environmental, Inc. - Norcross, GA (now owned by Stericycle)
Universal RX Solutions of Georgia -  Conyers, GA (now Stericycle?)
Universal RX Solutions of New Jersey - Location Unknown
Universal Solutions - Locations in 5 states?
USF Processors - Dallas, TX?, Fort Worth, TX?, Denver CO?, Portland, OR?, Others? (A Division of Freightways?)


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