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DALLAS, July 21 /PRNewswire/ — Affinity Mobile d/b/a Trumpet Mobile and Walgreens today announced the nationwide availability of Trumpet Mobile’s prepaid wireless services at more than 6,000 Walgreens locations. The expansion allows customers to purchase quality handsets and Trumpet Mobile airtime minutes. Trumpet Mobile’s differentiated service offerings include prepaid family plans, a competitive low prepaid domestic rate plan of ten cents per minute, industry leading international long distance rates as low as three cents per minute, messaging for as low as five cents per message and a loyalty reward program that offers mobile subscribers bonus minutes for airtime usage.
By bundling an affordable prepaid wireless plan with quality handsets, Trumpet Mobile offers customers a valuable service that Walgreens customers can use every day to stay in touch with their family and friends.
“It’s now even more convenient to find and take advantage of Trumpet Mobile of Trumpet Mobile,” said John W. Carney, chief executive officer of Affinity Mobile. “Our launch with Walgreens continues our expansion into new leading channels of distribution that will reach more consumers who can benefit from our services. Trumpet subscriber numbers continue to climb and we are excited to expand Trumpet’s availability to Walgreens customers.”
Trumpet Mobile is now available in Walgreens retail locations throughout the U.S. Consumers can find the nearest Walgreens at
About Trumpet Mobile
Trumpet Mobile is a prepaid wireless service provider that offers pay-as-you-go convenience, flexible options, national coverage and quality phones. Trumpet Mobile’s differentiated service offerings include features such as, a competitive low prepaid domestic rate plan, industry leading international long distance rates, messaging, and a loyalty reward program that gives mobile subscribers bonus minutes for airtime usage. For more information about Trumpet Mobile, visit .
About Walgreens
Walgreens () is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2007 sales of $53.8 billion. The company operates 6,252 drugstores in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Walgreens provides the most convenient access to consumer goods and cost-effective health care services in America through its retail drugstores, Walgreens health Services division and Walgreens health and Wellness division. Walgreens health Services assists pharmacy patients and prescription drug and medical plans through Walgreens health Initiatives Inc. (a pharmacy benefit manager), Walgreens Mail Service Inc., Walgreens Home Care Inc., Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy LLC and SeniorMed LLC (a pharmacy provider to long-term care facilities). Walgreens health and Wellness division includes Take Care health Systems, which is comprised of: Take Care Consumer Solutions, managers of 172 convenient care clinics at Walgreens drugstores, and Take Care Employer Solutions, managers of worksite-based health and wellness services at more than 370 employer campuses.
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Erica Garver, 971-570-3291 or
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Paramount health Care Company, a leading senior care organization headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, has partnered with Silverchair Learning Systems to implement a comprehensive Learning Management System for their organization’s employee training.
Silverchair’s Learning Management System delivers, tracks, and reports on educational programs for senior care organizations. The program provides a complete curriculum of in-service and regulatory courses required by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and OSHA (Occupational Safety and health Administration), as well as important resident care topics that specifically address the needs of long-term care providers and their employees. The system can also be customized for an organization to include material specific to its facility/facilities.
“Our rehabilitation and healthcare centers are designed to provide the highest quality care,” says Jim Meyers, President of Paramount health Care Company. “We are always looking for ways to improve our staff education and employee development. With Silverchair we have a tool that makes us more effective and efficient. With post-tests for each course and 24/7 reporting, we will know our compliance at all times. We care for many medically complex patients. They expect the best from us. Our investment in employee education ensures that they can count on Paramount.”
“We are very excited to have Silverchair for our employees,” says DeAnna Dominguez, Director of Human Resources for Paramount. “From a corporate perspective, it gives us a more consistent training curriculum at all of our facilities. It also provides each employee the opportunity for greater ownership of their education. We believe Silverchair will be very attractive to the kind of employees we wish to recruit.”
“It is an honor to work with Paramount,” says Shane Kramer, VP of Business Development for Silverchair Learning Systems. “They are a true leader in Senior Care in the state of Texas. We look forward to working with them for many years to come.”
About Paramount health Care Company
Paramount health Care Company provides high quality rehabilitation and skilled care for medically complex patients. As part of our continuum of care, we also provide long-term services for geriatric patients with chronic issues.
Patients at our rehabilitation and healthcare centers benefit from a team approach utilizing the experience of our physician, nursing, administration and rehabilitation staff.

About Silverchair Learning Systems

Silverchair Learning Systems works with senior care leaders who want to improve the training process in their organizations. Silverchair offers a user-friendly online training solution that improves compliance and eliminates record keeping headaches, while saving time and money. We make online training successful with easy set-up, ease of use, simple tracking, and educationally-rich yet fun courses. Using this system provides peace of mind and confidence.
Contact:
Mike Mutka
Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing
Silverchair Learning Systems
(866) 805-7575, x. 1813

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NEW YORK and KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 1 /PRNewswire/ — Germinder & Associates, a marketing & communications agency specializing in animal health is celebrating its 10th Anniversary Day with a $10,000 donation pledge. As an expansion of its “Germinder Giving Back” program, the funds will go towards not-for-profit animal health organizations in tribute to the companies and organizations Germinder has served. The funds will be distributed in the remaining half of 2008.
Lea-Ann Germinder, APR, president and founder of Germinder & Associates, Inc. announced the pledge on the company’s anniversary date in advance of this year’s American Veterinary Medical Association Convention in July and the Kansas City Animal health Corridor event in August. Germinder & Associates was incorporated on July 1, 1998.
“Our Germinder Giving Back program has been a great way to contribute to the communities where we have achieved success and to national organizations focused on animal health. When I launched the business in 1998, it was my goal to stay in business for ten years. Now as we’ve achieved that goal and look toward the next ten years, it seemed fitting to commemorate the day in this special way,” said Germinder.
Germinder Giving Back is a companywide umbrella program developed to ensure the company and its employees contribute in meaningful ways to the local communities in which they work and in the specialized industries and professions they serve. The specific initiative “Germinder Goodwill for Animal Health,” addresses the needs of the animal health profession and ranges from monetary donations to in-kind support of national animal health organizations as well as pro bono work.
Germinder & Associates, Inc., founded in 1998, offers full-service public relations, advertising, marketing and Internet-based programs. It has created more than 100 programs in animal health and is publisher of and . Germinder & Associates is ranked among Kansas City’s top 10 PR agencies by The Kansas City Business Journal. The company received its Women Business Enterprise Council (WBENC) designation as a woman-owned business in 2008 and also won the “25 under 25″ award from Small Business Monthly in 2008. Lea-Ann Germinder, APR, was named a 2008 National Enterprising Women of the Year Finalist and serves on the Enterprising Women National Advisory Board and is a member of the Women President’s Organization. For more information, visit .
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DALLAS, July 1 /PRNewswire/ — Consumer demand for interactivity in entertainment and control at home is driving adoption in technology products and services, according to Parks Associates, which forecasts over 400 million households worldwide will have digital television services by 2012.
The market research firm’s analysts presented at CONNECTIONS(TM), June 24-26 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The conference focused on access services, video delivery, online content services, advertising, digital health, digital media, and home systems.
Kurt Scherf, Vice President and Principal Analyst, highlighted key developments in advanced television services and discussed future areas of focus, including bandwidth issues and the “interactive experience” enabled by VoD, widgets, and advertising. Currently the lack of easy, high-quality connections between VoD services and the TV is a key inhibitor to the growth of the broadband VoD market. Parks Associates expects to see an increase in products and services aimed at connecting content to platforms in 2008 and beyond.
John Barrett, Director, Research, highlighted recent findings from National Technology Scan 2008, a telephone survey of U.S. households. “In the past year, approximately 45 million households purchased a mobile phone, 29 million purchased a digital camera, and 27 million purchased an MP3 player,” Barrett said. “Portable devices are clearly capturing the consumer’s attention right now more so than stationary devices.”
Michael Cai, Director, Broadband and Gaming, spoke about the changes in the broadband market. He predicted the next competitive cycle will center on bundles and value-added services. “Telcos will focus on multiplay bundles and value-added services, forcing a response from cable MSOs,” Cai said. “The increased importance of customer retention will lead to new and more intense rounds of loyalty programs and other customer retention tactics.”
Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems, highlighted growth in home systems, stressing their expansion into broader markets, including areas such as multiple-dwelling units, which represent new opportunities for digital systems and services. Also, remote home monitoring services offered through telco/MSO service providers will revolutionize the traditional home security business as broadband services disrupt yet another business model. Parks Associates forecasts that self-monitored households will nearly triple to more than 6 million by 2012.
Harry Wang, Director, Research, discussed personal health solutions. Parks Associates predicts this space will achieve $2.5 billion in U.S. device and service revenues by 2012. “There are significant barriers to overcome, but consensus is forming that technology can help empower consumers and health professionals in achieving better care at lower costs,” Wang said. “Now the technology industry must work with the health community to extend adoption to a broader patient population and convince the health ecosystem of the value of personal health technologies.”
Other areas covered at CONNECTIONS(TM) included GPS, WiMAX, digital advertising, and visual networking. Keynote speakers included executives from AOL, Cisco Systems, Comcast, Hewlett-Packard, and Panasonic. The event hosted close to 800 executives to examine the converging digital living industries. The thirteenth-annual CONNECTIONS(TM) will be held June 2-4, 2009, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
About CONNECTIONS(TM)
CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA(R)), is the premier executive event focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
For information, visit or contact , 972-490-1113.
Contact: Chelsey Tyson
Parks Associates
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IRVINE, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Accenx Technologies, Inc., is the premier sponsor of the 3rd Annual World Congress Summit on The Road to Interoperability. The two-day event, held in Boston, MA on July 22-23, will focus on propelling health Information Exchange (HIE) to the next level.
Accenx is the leading physician integration and data interoperability company offering a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to national and regional health systems seeking scalable strategies for exchanging actionable clinical data with affiliated physicians and other health care organizations.
Healthcare Information leaders, innovators and professionals will congregate at the Summit to address best practices in the implementation of innovative information technology strategies and solutions to improve the state of the healthcare system, to transform operations and enhance safety and quality, in an effort to meet the federally-mandated 2014 goal for nationwide health record portability and health data exchange.
R. Scott Harper, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Accenx Technologies, will moderate: “Interoperability and Sustainability: Why Do Some RHIO’s Fail While Others Succeed?”"Regional health Information Organizations (RHIOs) continue to be a topic of interest in the health information technology field. I am very excited to moderate a panel discussion on the pros and cons of RHIOs with distinguished industry leaders. The discussions should be very informational and help provide insight on the future of RHIOs in the healthcare industry,” said Harper.
Paul Lopez, National Director of Physician Relations at Accenx Technologies, will be presenting “Aligning Independent Medical Staff Through Technology.”"Investing in a Physician Outreach campaign will not only build rapport and trust with physicians and physician practice staff, but will lend to the success of your IT initiatives and increase willingness to participate in health Information Exchange, while shortening the decision making cycle,” says Lopez.
More information on the 3rd Annual World Congress Summit on The Road to Interoperability can be found at .
About Accenx Technologies, Inc.
Accenx Technologies is celebrating its 11th anniversary of serving national and international health care organizations with health data integration and interoperability solutions.
Accenx Technologies’ EMR Interoperability solution, RyTRAK(TM) HIE, enables the secure exchange of electronic patient information with remote physician practice and clinics with EMR/PMIS or without EMR systems, providing the foundation for new initiatives in clinical informatics by hospitals, public health agencies, reference labs, payers and other diagnostic labs.
Ranked #1 in KLAS multiple times for Technical IT Services in healthcare, Accenx Technologies has over 160 healthcare customers, ranging from large health systems to regional facilities. For more information please visit .
If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Accenx Technologies, Inc., please contact Steve Albers at 949-727-9188 ext. 231 or at .
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NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ — Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and SmallCap 600 indices after the close of trading on Wednesday, July 2:
– S&P SmallCap 600 constituent IDEXX Laboratories Inc. will replace Getty Images Inc. in the S&P MidCap 400, and Balchem Corp. will replace IDEXX Laboratories in the S&P SmallCap 600. Getty Images is being taken private by Hellman & Friedman LLC in a deal expected to close on or about that date, pending final approvals.
Standard & Poor’s will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: .
Idexx Laboratories provides diagnostic, detection and information systems for veterinary, food and water testing applications. Headquartered in Westbrook, ME, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) health Care Equipment Sub-Industry index.
Balchem develops, manufactures and markets ingredients and products for the food, feed and medical sterilization industries. Headquartered in New Hampton, NY, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Specialty Chemicals Sub-Industry index.
Following is a summary of the changes:

S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - July 2, 2008
COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
ADDED IDEXX Laboratories health Care health Care Equipment
DELETED Getty Images Consumer Discretionary Publishing

S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - July 2, 2008
COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
ADDED Balchem Materials Specialty Chemicals
DELETED IDEXX Laboratories health Care health Care Equipment

Additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies concerned.
About Standard & Poor’s Index Services
Standard & Poor’s Index Services, the world’s leading index provider, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Its family of indices includes the S&P 500, an index with $1.32 trillion invested and $4.91 trillion benchmarked, and the S&P Global 1200, a composite index comprised of seven regional and country headline indices. For more information, please visit .
About Standard & Poor’s
Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies , is the world’s foremost provider of financial market intelligence, including independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With approximately 8,500 employees, including wholly owned affiliates, located in 23 countries, Standard & Poor’s is an essential part of the world’s financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for more than 140 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit: . standardandpoors.com.
About The McGraw-Hill Companies:
Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor’s, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2007 were $6.8 billion. Additional information is available at .
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DALLAS, June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Heart Association is making it easier for you to evaluate your 10-year risk of having a heart attack and keep track of medical information to reduce your risk and better manage your health by offering the heart attack risk assessment tool on Google Health.
To use the American Heart Association heart attack risk assessment, go to or . There, you enter your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, weight, age and other risk factors. You can then export data into your personal health record (PHR) on Google Health.
While taking the heart attack risk assessment, you can also find out if you have metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that greatly increases the chances of developing cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes.
Those who haven’t taken the risk assessment, but have a PHR on Google Health, can also import data about their risk factors directly into the risk assessment tool and evaluate their risk without re-entering the data.
Personal health information entered into the American Heart Association’s Heart Attack Risk Assessment tool is collected, maintained and disclosed in accordance with the American Heart Association Privacy Policy, which is available at .
Joining forces with Google is one more way for the American Heart Association to reach out and help Americans live longer, healthier lives, free of heart disease and stroke.
About the American Heart Association
Founded in 1924, the American Heart Association today is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, America’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers, and all other cardiovascular diseases claim nearly 870,000 lives a year. In fiscal year 2006-07 the association invested more than $554 million in research, professional and public education, advocacy and community service programs to help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. To learn more, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or visit americanheart.org.
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ATLANTA, June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — When more than 6,000 north Georgians took a simple vision test using EyeSite(TM), a breakthrough self-service vision screening kiosk, inside a Wal-Mart store in Cumming, GA earlier this spring, the results showed that 30 percent of the participants had never visited an eye care professional for an examination. In addition, 80 percent of the people who used the kiosk were recommended to see an eye care provider.
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These statistics come as no surprise to Jenny Pomeroy, CEO of Prevent Blindness Georgia (PBGA). PBGA’s mission is to double the number of Georgians who seek regular eye exams by the year 2020.
“We know that people go to the dentist three to four times more often than they get an eye examination,” said Pomeroy. “The concept of an EyeSite kiosk is a wonderful vehicle to deliver eye health messages to the public, such as information about glaucoma and for reminding diabetic patients that they need an annual dilated eye exam.”
The EyeSite kiosk is the brainchild of Atlanta entrepreneur Bart Foster. His start-up company, SoloHealth, is in the early stages of testing the self-service vision screening device in several markets. Foster shares a passion with PBGA to bring more awareness to people about the importance of visiting their eye care professionals for regular eye exams.
“Through the years, PBGA has done an incredible job of working with eye care professionals to provide free vision exams to our communities in Georgia and to raise awareness about the importance of regular eye exams,” said Foster, who also sits on the board of PBGA. “As SoloHealth moves to the next stages of marketing and launching EyeSite, we will look for ways to partner with PBGA to drive more people to see their eye care professionals for eye examinations.”
SoloHealth plans to launch its kiosks in high traffic retail locations, such as Wal-Mart stores. “We know that Wal-Mart is committed to providing affordable, accessible solutions to America’s healthcare challenges, and joining with them gives SoloHealth an opportunity to offer Wal-Mart customers a convenient first step on the road to better awareness and eye health,” said Foster.
The kiosk is not designed to replace an eye exam. Instead, the highly sophisticated optical software and interactive video interface accurately assesses distance and near vision. A printout indicates the results, provides eye health and product information, and refers the user to a participating eye care professional nearby.
According to Pomeroy, many people are at risk for eye disease because of their health history, family background, or ethnicity. “People are drawn to the kiosks to get free vision screenings, but in the process
they learn about their risk for eye disease and the importance of regular eye exams for early detection,” Pomeroy said.
About SoloHealth
SoloHealth () is an early stage startup in Atlanta, GA that is positioned to capitalize on the growing consumer preference for self-directed healthcare services. SoloHealth’s inaugural product is EyeSite(TM), an interactive kiosk that provides vision health information, as well as a customized vision report. It also directs consumers to an eye care professional nearby.
Earlier this year, SoloHealth’s EyeSite kiosk won three Awards of Excellence, including “Best in Show” at the KioskCom Self Service Expo and The Digital Signage Show in Las Vegas. More than 100 entries were submitted and 11 awards were presented. Past winners honored included: BMW, SONY, FedEx, AAA, the US Postal Service, and Hilton Hotels.
SoloHealth was selected as one of the 2008 “Top 40″ Innovative Technology companies in Georgia by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the state’s leading technology organization. Earlier this year, SoloHealth also was accepted for membership by Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC).
About Prevent Blindness Georgia
Prevent Blindness Georgia () was founded in 1965 as the state affiliate of Prevent Blindness America, the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization. Its mission is to prevent blindness and preserve sight for the residents of Georgia through vision screenings for children and adults, eye exams and glasses for indigent seniors, the homeless, and working poor adults, public education on eye health and safety for persons at risk for eye disease, and vision screening training. These services are made possible through the generous support of the American public. For more information or to make a contribution to the sight-saving fund, visit or call 404-266-2020.

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DALLAS, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. has strengthened its portfolio of Informed health offerings with the recent federal certification of its wholly-owned subsidiary ACS Bowers. As a designated Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)-like entity, ACS Bowers can provide utilization review, as well as health quality management services to state Medicaid agencies across the country.
Under Federal law, state Medicaid agencies can contract with a QIO or QIO- like entity to perform medical and utilization review functions required by law. As part of the QIO-like designation, ACS Bowers can pursue state Medicaid contracts for utilization review, and work with consumers and physicians, hospitals, and other caregivers to ensure that patients get the right care at the right time.
“This CMS designation serves to further confirm ACS Bowers’ marketplace reputation as a leader in reviewing healthcare cases and analyzing patterns of care related to medical necessity and quality of care,” said Christopher T. Deelsnyder, ACS senior vice president and managing director, Government Healthcare Solutions. “Now, ACS is positioned to provide deeper value and enhanced expertise to our customers.”
As a QIO-like entity, ACS Bowers will conduct case reviews to ensure that care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries meets professionally recognized standards of healthcare and that Medicaid pays for only the services that are reasonable and necessary.
Founded in 1990, Bowers & Associates was acquired by ACS in February 2008 and rebranded ACS Bowers. The acquisition strengthened ACS’ Informed health offerings by adding Bowers’ expertise in healthcare management and state-of- the-art informatics.
About ACS
ACS is a national leader in state healthcare program administration, offering a full spectrum of systems and complementary services through an integrated solution, from care management solutions and child health programs to pharmacy benefits management and traditional Medicaid fiscal agent services. ACS supports more than 23 million program recipients and processes nearly 550 million Medicaid healthcare claims annually, representing close to $50 billion in provider payments. As the nation’s largest government program pharmacy benefits administrator, ACS serves 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Labor with drug expenditures totaling more than $13 billion.
ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 63,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company’s Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ACS.” Learn more about ACS at .
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Battelle is strengthening its customer-focused biomarker services portfolio to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and government clients, and Kevin Xie will lead those efforts as Battelle’s Vice President of Biomarker Services.
Battelle offers a suite of biomarker services, including biomarker discovery, qualification, and validation services to help our clients better define molecular mechanisms of diseases, toxicity, and therapeutic responses.
Xie brings an impressive background to Battelle. He has expertise in pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics spanning a number of therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology and infectious diseases.
He has been the director and head of global business development of specialty pharmaceuticals at Boehringer Ingelheim Corp. for the last two years. For four years prior to that, Xie was the director and head of global business development for diabetes care for Bayer Healthcare. At Vertex Pharmaceuticals from 2000-02, he was the director of licensing and business development. For the three years prior to that, Xie was the director of business development and strategic planning at Baxter Healthcare.
Xie earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology at Yale University as well as an MBA in finance and strategy. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
“We are pleased to hire Kevin not only because we believe he is a quality person but because his diverse background made him the perfect candidate for the job,” said Barbara Kunz, President of Battelle’s health and Life Sciences Global Business. “The mix of business, biology, and pharmacological work in his career will make him successful here.”
Battelle’s Global health and Life Sciences Global Business delivers a comprehensive set of R&D services to solve complex challenges for government health agencies and medical device, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical firms. Including its national laboratories, Battelle oversees over $200 million annually in health and life sciences research and development contributing to advances in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, public health, and next-generation diagnostics and therapeutics.
Battelle is the world’s largest non-profit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy Technology, and health and Life Sciences. It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $4 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management, and technology commercialization. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle oversees 20,400 employees in more than 120 locations worldwide, including seven national laboratories which Battelle manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Battelle also is one of the nation’s leading charitable trusts focusing on societal and economic impact and actively supporting and promoting science and math education.
Contact National Media Relations Manager Katy Delaney at (410) 306-8638 or or T.R. Massey, Media Relations Specialist, at (614) 424-5544 or for more information.
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