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Business Wire - November 18, 2008
Under One Roof Sponsors 28 ASOs Reaching over 10,000 Patients Living with HIV/AIDS
MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allion Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLI), today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Under One Roof to launch a Community Resource Center in San Francisco. The build-out of the new center begins this week with an anticipated opening date of January 1, 2009.
This Community Resource Center will share space with Allion’s MOMS Pharmacy at its newest location in San Francisco. This new location allows Allion Healthcare to work closer with people living with HIV/AIDS to provide specialty pharmacy care as well as educational and community resources.
“Partnering with a leading HIV/AIDS organization such as Under One Roof will allow us an opportunity to extend our services through the 28 AIDS Service Organizations who reach over 10,000 patients in the San Francisco area,” said Mike Moran, Allion Healthcare’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are excited about our second alliance with a leading advocate for patients living with HIV/AIDS and look forward to expanding our services in the San Francisco communities where they are most needed.”
“For almost 20 years, Under One Roof has sought out ways to support people living with HIV/AIDS,” said Under One Roof’s Board Chair, Gregory Wick. “The Community Resource Center gives us another, original way to fulfill that same mission.”
About Allion Healthcare
Allion Healthcare, Inc. is a national provider of specialty pharmacy and disease management services focused on HIV/AIDS patients as well as specialized biopharmaceutical medications and services to chronically ill patients. Allion Healthcare sells HIV/AIDS medications, ancillary drugs and nutritional supplies under the trade name MOMS Pharmacy. Allion Healthcare provides services for the intravenous immunoglobulin, Blood Clotting Factor and other therapies through its Biomed America division. Allion Healthcare works closely with physicians, nurses, clinics, AIDS Service Organizations, and with government and private payors to improve clinical outcomes and reduce treatment costs.
About Under One Roof
Under One Roof is a non-profit retail store that helps fund 28 AIDS Service Organizations in the San Francisco/Bay Area. Together, these ASOs provide services to more than 10,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. Since 1990, Under One Roof has donated more than $4 million in unrestricted funds for organizations serving the HIV/AIDS community. The Under One Roof store is located in San Francisco’s Castro District.
Allion Healthcare, Inc.
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or
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Contact:
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