Released on: October 10, 2008, 8:41 am

Press Release Author: MMI ASSOCIATES, INC.

Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Press Release Summary: Calendar Encourages Bleeding Disorder Community To Live A
Healthy Lifestyle

Press Release Body: RALEIGH, N.C. - Jeff Harper, vice president of hemophilia
services for MedPro Rx, Inc. (www.medprorx.com), a provider of specialty pharmacy
services to clients with chronic illnesses, has announced that submissions for its
2009 penguin family calendar are due on Friday, Oct. 24. Based around the National
Hemophilia Foundation's "Do The Five" campaign, the calendar encourages people with
bleeding disorders to have annual check-ups, receive vaccinations, treat bleeds
early and adequately, exercise and get tested for blood-borne infections.
Submissions should be drawings of MedPro Rx's comic character Chilly Penguin doing
one of the five healthy activities. Entrants must be younger than 12, live in North
Carolina and have either hemophilia or von Willebrand Disease (vWD). Entries should
be mailed to MedPro Rx, Inc., 140 Northway Court, Raleigh, N.C., 27615.

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www.hemophilia.org
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News Facts:
# Jeff Harper, vice president of hemophilia services for MedPro Rx, Inc.
(www.medprorx.com), a provider of specialty pharmacy services to clients with
chronic illnesses, has announced that submissions for its 2009 penguin family
calendar are due on Friday, Oct. 24.
# Based around the National Hemophilia Foundation's "Do The Five" campaign, the
calendar encourages people with bleeding disorders to have annual check-ups, receive
vaccinations, treat bleeds early and adequately, exercise and get tested for
blood-borne infections.
# Submissions should be drawings of MedPro Rx's comic character Chilly Penguin doing
one of the five healthy activities.
# Entrants must be younger than 12, live in North Carolina and have either
hemophilia or von Willebrand Disease (vWD).
# Entries should be mailed to MedPro Rx, Inc., 140 Northway Court, Raleigh, N.C.,
27615.

Quotes:
"Drawing for the calendar is a fun and informative activity for children with
hemophilia and von Willebrand Disease," said Harper. "Penguin Chilly shows children
that keeping up with their health doesn't have to be a chore."

About MedPro Rx, Inc.:
MedPro Rx, Inc. is a specialty infusion pharmacy which has been providing infused
and injectable medications and services to clients with chronic illnesses since
2002. With more than 100 years of combined pharmacy, nursing and management
experience, MedPro Rx is dedicated to improving the overall outcomes of the client
therapy experience. MedPro Rx's goal is to set the standard for infusion care and
achieve positive clinical outcomes for clients by participating in the healthcare
process through integrated, community-based systems. As a specialty infusion
pharmacy, MedPro Rx is an Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. provider
(ACHC) whose services emphasize treatments for individuals with hemophilia, vWD,
autoimmune neuromuscular disorders and other complex chronic conditions. Services
include client and family advocacy, complimentary pick-up of sharps containers at
the client's location of choice, express shipping and personal medication delivery
services, complete insurance and benefit counseling, and the assurance that MedPro
Rx stocks all factor and IVIg brands, all doses from all manufacturers, all the
time. MedPro Rx offers specialty intravenous therapies such as IVIg, which treats a
variety of immunodeficient diagnoses, and clotting factor for a client to use in
their home, at infusion clinics and in the physicians' offices. For more
information or to receive a free consultation and health insurance evaluation,
please call (888) 571-3100 or visit www.medprorx.com.

Keywords:
MedPro Rx, Inc., Nancy McFarlane, hemophilia, von Willebrand Disease, vWD, IVIg,
clotting factor, pharmacy, specialized pharmacy, bleeding disorders, health care,
pharmacy provider, calendar, National Hemophilia Foundation, "Do The Five" Campaign,
Penguin Chilly, Jeff Harper

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