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2010 Corporate Member Council
Chair: Chris Blair, Boehringer Ingelheim, Inc.
Co-chair:
Pat Caputo, Columbia Laboratories, Inc.
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Abbott Laboratories Corporate Member Council Representatives: Thomas Dearborn and Mark Burken
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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Corporate Member Council Representatives: Leo Plouffe and Gerard Nahum
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Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Inc. Corporate Member Council Representatives: Chris Blair and Annelies Verbeek
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Brown & Brown of Texas
Corporate Member Council Representative: Bill Evans
We help donors, recipients, and physicians reduce their risks. Brown &
Brown is one of the largest insurance brokers in the world yet one of the
very few that specializes in serving those involved with the reproductive
medical and infertility treatment process. Our company’s Fertility
Insurance Program™ is the leading worldwide provider of such insurance
to individuals, physicians, clinics and agencies participating in the
human egg donation, gestational carrier (surrogate mother), and in-vitro
fertilization process. Financial loss resulting from unforeseen and
uncovered medical expenses related to fertility treatment procedures can
be significant. Furthermore, a participant’s death or potential loss of
income resulting from a period of disability following complications can
be a significant financial risk to participant and provider. Our program
offers specialized insurance products to physicians, clinics and agencies
which in turn provide them to their patients and clients. In addition,
Brown & Brown also provides professional liability, general liability,
property and workers’ compensation coverage to the clinics, agencies and
physicians themselves. |
Columbia Laboratories
Corporate Member Council Representatives: Patricia Caputo and George Creasy, M.D.
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Conceivex, Inc.
Corporate Member Council Representatives: Nannette Bowler and
Carol Lomas
The Conceivex mission is to give women/couples health care products that will assist them in reaching their reproductive goals. Currently one in six women is looking for help becoming pregnant which is why Conceivex manufactures and distributes the Conception Kit, a safe and effective method to help women/couples overcome infertility in the privacy of their own homes. The Conception Kit is FDA & CE approved, and easy to use. |
Cook Women’s Health
Corporate Member Council Representatives: Dana Walker and Kyle Bohlman
Cook Medical is a designer, manufacturer, and global distributor of minimally invasive medical devices for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Cook’s relentless pursuit of clinical innovation incorporates many fields of medicine, focusing on improving patient outcomes while providing physicians with elegant, efficient treatment solutions for interventional procedures. Cook Women’s Health, a division of Cook Medical, is focused on interventional and biodesigned technologies supporting assisted reproduction, pelvic reconstruction, incontinence, high-risk obstetric and gynecologic procedures. |
CooperSurgical Corporate Member Council Representative:
Milton Chin |
Dowden Health Media
Corporate Member Council Representative:
Wendy Raupers
Dowden Health Media (DHM) is a full-service healthcare communications company with a history of success and growth. DHM specializes in high-quality communication with physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and consumers. Its respected, peer-reviewed journals reach over 300,000 clinicians in surgery, psychiatry, family practice, internal medicine & obstetrics/gynecology. The titles are: Contemporary Surgery, Current Psychiatry, The Journal of Family Practice, Mayo Clinic Proceedings (publishing management provided by Dowden Health Media) and OBG Management. The mission of these journals is to provide accurate, authoritative, and clinically relevant information that is immediately useful to clinicians. Nationally recognized experts serve on editorial and advisory boards and contribute articles. Each journal features a staff of highly experienced medical editors, medical writers, illustrators, and designers. Dowden Health Media is one of the few health media companies that specialize in communicating to both consumers and physicians. This dual specialization gives us a complete perspective on the real world of clinical care, bringing added value to our clients, their communities, and their target audiences, regardless of the product or service they choose. |
Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Amy Niemann and Joanna Specht
Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the U.S. proprietary (branded) pharmaceutical subsidiary of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company that operates in more than 30 countries. The Barr Group of companies is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of generic and proprietary pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Duramed Pharmaceuticals, an innovator in women’s healthcare pharmaceutical products, focuses on providing patients with an array of women’s healthcare products, with particular emphasis on developing and marketing products that serve the reproductive and menopausal needs of women. Additional products in the U.S. proprietary company’s portfolio include hormone therapy and the more effective management of cholesterol levels in women. |
Elsevier, Inc.
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Kathleen Gaffney and Matthew Jozwiak
Elsevier Inc., the publisher of Fertility and Sterility is an integral partner with the scientific, technical and health communities. Elsevier delivers superior information products and services that foster communication, build insights, and enable individual and collective advancement in scientific research and health care. |
Ethicon Women's Health & Urology Corporate Member Council
Representative:
Sharon Trumbull |
Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
James Patterson and Katie McShane
Ferring is a privately owned, international pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and commercialization of compounds in infertility, general and pediatric endocrinology, urology, gastroenterology, obstetrics/gynecology and orthopedics. In the U.S. Ferring’s infertility portfolio includes BRAVELLE® (urofollitropin for injection, purified), MENOPUR®, (menotropins for injection, USP), REPRONEX® (menotropins for injection, USP) and NOVAREL™ (chorionic gonadotropin for injection, USP). Ferring also offers the exclusive Q∙CAP™vial adapter, for needle-free reconstitution of its infertility treatments. |
Freedom
Fertility Pharmacy
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Catherine Craig and Kim K. Rondeau
Freedom Fertility Pharmacy, a division of Express Scripts, is America’s leading fertility pharmacy for the past 15 years. We are dedicated to women’s reproductive health offering unique and comprehensive programs tailored to the individual needs of fertility centers and their patients. Our specialized focus in infertility medications and prescription compounding allows our patients the opportunity to enjoy the superior service, savings and support that we call the Freedom Advantage. |
Merck & Co., Inc. Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Frank Lacquaniti and Sara Murchison |
Organon, a part of Schering-Plough Corporation
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Mike Dziomba and Vickie Jorda
Schering-Plough is an innovation-driven, science-centered global health care company. Through its own biopharmaceutical research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and improve lives around the world. The company applies its research-and-development platform to human prescription and consumer products as well as to animal health products. In November 2007, Schering-Plough acquired Organon BioSciences, with its Organon human health and Intervet animal health businesses, marking a pivotal step in the company's ongoing transformation. Schering-Plough’s vision is to “Earn Trust, Every Day” with the doctors, patients, customers and other stakeholders served by its approximately 50,000 people around the world. The company is based in Kenilworth, N.J. |
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Jon Ukropec and Lynne Spiegel |
Pfizer Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Carol Jane and Mark Barbee |
Schraft's, A Specialty Pharmacy Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Adam Hait and Bill Hait |
EMD Serono, Inc.
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Michael Castagna, PharmD and Diego.Ezcurra, D.V.M.
EMD Serono, Inc., with US headquarters in Rockland, Massachusetts, is an affiliate of Merck, KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany. EMD Serono is a leader in fertility health, dedicated to developing patient-friendly, innovative products and services that help people build families. EMD Serono offers the only full portfolio of recombinant gonadotropins in the US for the reproductive cycle. EMD Serono also offers Fertility LifeLines™, a free and confidential educational service for people with fertility health concerns. Available toll-free at 1-866-LETS-TRY (1-866-538-7879) or visit www.fertilitylifelines.com. In addition to infertility, EMD Serono has strong market positions in neurology, metabolism and growth. The Company's research programs are focused on growing these businesses and on establishing new therapeutic areas, including oncology and autoimmune diseases. EMD Serono’s products are sold in over 90 countries. Package inserts for EMD Serono’s US marketed products are available at www.emdserono.com or by calling 1-888-275-7376. |
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Loretta Goodwin
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Marietta, Ga., is a research-based pharmaceutical company active in the therapeutic areas of cardiology, gastroenterology, mental health and women's health. It is a member of the worldwide Solvay S.A. chemical and pharmaceutical group headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. |
Ther-Rx
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Melissa Falcone and Steve Strickland
Ther-Rx Corporation, a leader in women’s healthcare, provides innovative products that are designed with women in mind to deliver high patient satisfaction. The diverse portfolio includes: the first transdermal spray for estrogen therapy; Clindesse® and Gynazole-1®, single-dose vaginal infection treatments; Repliva 21/7™, for anemia; and the PrimaCare® brand, the ‘right for each mom’ prenatal vitamins. |
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Glenn MacEachern and Christine Hanson |
Walgreens
Corporate Member Council Representatives:
Enyde Polesuk and Judith Campisi |
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