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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://www.pqmd.org/">www.PQMD.org</a>
has just updated their web page with a public guidance around not collecting
individual leftover drugs for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Haiti</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
and also advising on how best to contribute humanitarian aid. Masses of
unidentifiable donations will clog up an already strained infrastructure. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The web page link I would encourage being
redistributed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:#993366'>E-Mail : <a href="mailto:stevan.gressitt@maine.gov"
title="mailto:stevan.gressitt@maine.gov">stevan.gressitt@maine.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=msolistparagraph><span class=lingoregion><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><span class=lingoregion><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>TRENTON</span></font></span></st1:City><span class=lingoregion><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>, <st1:State w:st="on">N.J.</st1:State> (AP) - Drug and medical
product makers and other health care companies are pledging to donate at least
$15.5 million in cash and products to help victims of Tuesday's earthquake in <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Haiti/">Haiti.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>That amounts to almost one-third of the
donations—totaling at least $48 million—announced by corporations
and their foundations by Friday afternoon. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Besides donating cash to various relief groups,
pharmaceutical companies and medical product makers were preparing or have sent
products to treat injured people, as well as medicines for patients who had
lost their supply. The industry typically offers such help after a major
disaster. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The charitable alliance Partnership for <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Quality+Medical+Donations/">Quality Medical
Donations</a> said 10 members had pledged a total of $7.3 million worth of
products and $4.6 million in cash. Some of those gifts have not yet been
publicly disclosed, as details are still being finalized. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Biotech company Amgen Inc. said it will donate
$2 million in cash. Medical supplier <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Henry+Schein/">Henry Schein</a> is giving $1
million worth of products, major <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/health+insurers/">health insurers</a> are
giving at least $350,000 and other health companies plan to offer aid but
haven't yet decided its financial value. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Drug store chains also are helping, with
$100,000 pledged by Walgreen Co. and $50,000 from Rite Aid Corp. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lori Warrens, executive director of the
partnership, said some members are still figuring out what they'll give in cash
and how much in product. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>"People are applying the lessons learned
from the (2004 Asian) tsunami and (Hurricane) Katrina. They've learned not to
move too fast," she said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Warrens</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> said the companies are trying to learn which of their products
are needed most and ensure there will be appropriate staff in <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Haiti/">Haiti</a> to deliver and then
administer medication. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Pfizer+Inc/">Pfizer
Inc.</a> is supplying hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of the blood
pressure medication Norvasc, <a href="http://topics.breitbart.com/pain+killers/">pain
killers</a> and the cholesterol drug Lipitor. Spokesman <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Ray+Kerins/">Ray Kerins</a> said the company
can move fast because it has an office in the <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Dominican+Republic/">Dominican Republic,</a>
which is on the same island as <a href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Haiti/">Haiti,</a>
and large <a href="http://topics.breitbart.com/manufacturing+operations/">manufacturing
operations</a> in nearby countries. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Merck+%26+Co/">Merck & Co.</a> is giving
$350,000 in cash to help fund emergency response units, blankets, clean water,
temporary shelter, food and medical supplies. It plans to ship $200,000 worth
of its medicines, including ulcer drug Pepcid, Coricidin cold medicine and
ringworm treatment Lotrimin. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>"We were on the first airlifts into <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Haiti/">Haiti,</a>" said <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Sarah+Alspach/">Sarah Alspach,</a> a
spokeswoman for <a href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Britain/">Britain's</a> <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/GlaxoSmithKline+PLC/">GlaxoSmithKline PLC,</a>
which sent medicines worth roughly $1.2 million—mainly oral and topical antibiotics
including Augmentin, plus heartburn antidote Zantac. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>"We immediately shipped Johnson &
Johnson disaster relief modules with large quantities of our consumer and
over-the-counter products," including Tylenol, Neosporin and bandages,
said spokeswoman <a href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Carol+Goodrich/">Carol
Goodrich.</a> The company is giving unspecified cash gifts to relief groups. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Drug and device maker <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Abbott+Laboratories/">Abbott Laboratories</a>
said it will provide $1 million worth of cash and pharmaceutical and
nutritional products. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Bristol-Myers+Squibb+Co/">Bristol-Myers
Squibb Co.</a> is donating $200,000 and a large amount of antibiotics. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Another $250,000 is coming from Eli Lilly &
Co. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Medical technology maker <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/BD/">BD</a> is donating $550,000 and will
donate up to $500,000 worth of needles, syringes, intravenous catheters and
blood collection tubes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>And <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/health+insurers/">health insurers</a> <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/UnitedHealth+Group+Inc/">UnitedHealth Group
Inc.</a> and Humana Inc. donated $150,000 and $100,000, respectively. Cigna
Corp. said it's donating $50,000 and has pledged to match up to $50,000 in
employee donations, both to the <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/American+Red+Cross/">American Red Cross.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Aetna+Inc/">Aetna
Inc.</a> said it will expand benefits for staff, plan members and families
affected by the earthquake in <a href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Haiti/">Haiti,</a>
including paying for some medical evacuations. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Warrens</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'> said the partnership was urging the public and local charities not
to collect unused medications or free drug samples for <a
href="http://topics.breitbart.com/earthquake+victims/"><font color=red><span
style='color:red'>earthquake victims.</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>"It's well-intentioned, but it's dangerous," she
said, because the medicines might not have been stored properly and might not
include instructions essential for safe administration. <br>
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