Relief for Southeast Asia
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Exec VP-Strategic Planning & Implementation Blair Childs represents AdvaMed at Jan. 7 industry meeting with HHS and Dept. of Defense on tsunami relief. Industry donations include: J&J ($2 mil. in cash and six disaster-relief product modules); Abbott ($2 mil. in prescription drugs and nutritional aids and $2 mil. in cash); BD ($250,000 plus $250,000 in employee contribution matching and $1 mil. in medical equipment, including needles and syringes); Boston Scientific ($100,000); Quest Diagnostics ($250,000); and Roche (antibiotics and antibacterial products for 80,000 patients)...