AFFINITY IN ACTION
Individuals and organizations dedicated to supporting Scott & White
Unique Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
Unique Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (UPI), is a company that gives back. Over the past
three years, Scott & White Healthcare has been the recipient of donations totaling
more than $300,000 from the pharmacy to boost Scott & White’s efforts to help
prevent premature births.
is a specialty pharmacy known as a compounding
pharmacy, which serves hospitals across the United
States. It provides a unique set of services, such as
offering new, discontinued, back-ordered or otherwise unavailable
drugs to meet specific patients’ needs, as ordered by a physician.
UPI provides IV bags and a medication called
Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate for Scott & White patients who
are at high risk for delivering their babies prematurely. While
other treatment options are available for these patients, some of
them require the highly specialized medication offered by UPI.
”We know that our gifts allow Scott & White to help its
patients fulfill their dreams of becoming parents,” says Dan
Volney, chairman and chief executive officer of UPI. “We feel very
fortunate to have the opportunity to help people get care from
Scott & White.”
UPI
Working together for full-term pregnancies
Premature births are a leading cause of neonatal death in the
United States and development problems for children as they get
older. Because of UPI’s generous donation, women receiving
prenatal care at Scott & White who might benefit from this drug
will be able to get it, regardless of their ability to pay.
“Compounding pharmacies, such as UPI, are currently the
only resource for Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate. Because Scott
& White is a good partner, we wanted to help them make this
available to all high-risk patients,” says UPI President and Chief
Operating Officer Travis Leeah.
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“With partners like UPI ready and willing to step forward, we
can assure that fewer babies are born with the problems associated
with prematurity,” says Scott & White Chief Development
Officer Nancy Birdwell.
“We feel strongly about the importance of giving back to our
community and welcome the opportunity to help Scott & White
help others,” says Mr. Volney. “It’s really rewarding to run into a
patient and her baby, and see that something UPI made was able
to help the pregnancy go to full term,” he says. “Almost all of us
who work here know someone who has fought the risk of earlyterm pregnancy, and it makes us especially proud of what we do
on a daily basis.”
A partnership for good
UPI’s relationship with Scott & White is now in its eighth year
and continues to strengthen with time. “We believe in Scott &
White’s mission and vision, and are so pleased we’re able to
support their efforts with our gifts—and with the service we
provide,” says Mr. Volney. “UPI provides hospitals with
pharmaceuticals that have been prepared under optimum
conditions to assure high quality. In effect, we act as an extension
of the hospital pharmacy, doing what we do best and freeing up
the Scott & White pharmacists to devote more time to patient
care,” says Mr. Leeah. ■
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