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CINCINNATI, OH, Sept 28, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) today announced Don Wetherhold has been appointed Senior Vice President, Long-Term Care Group, effective October 1, 2012.
Mr. Wetherhold will oversee and lead customer retention, national accounts and automation in Omnicare's Long-Term Care business. He will report directly to Nitin Sahney, Omnicare's President and Chief Operating Officer.
"We are delighted to welcome Don to Omnicare," said Sahney. "With his extensive background as a results-oriented healthcare leader, we are confident his operational expertise will help us to further leverage our Long-Term Care platform. He will be an integral part of our continuing efforts to enhance the customer experience."
Mr. Wetherhold brings to Omnicare extensive experience within pharmaceutical services. He was formerly Corporate Commercialization Officer at Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company based on a breakthrough technology platform. Prior to that, he served in roles leading and supporting business development initiatives at Prasco, which is the majority shareholder in Aprecia. He has also served in senior roles at Cardinal Health, including as President of Sales and Marketing Services and President of RxPedite, where he conceptualized and sold the business model of providing commercialization and launch solutions to emerging pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In addition, he previously was Vice President of Business Development at Snyder Healthcare Sales and was Regional Business Unit Director at Solvay Pharmaceutical in Belgium.
Mr. Wetherhold received a Bachelor of Science degree from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Education in Educational Leadership degree from Florida Atlantic University.
About Omnicare
Omnicare, Inc., a Fortune 400 company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and providers across North America. As the market-leader in professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other chronic care institutions, Omnicare leverages its unparalleled clinical insight into the geriatric market along with some of the industry's most innovative technological capabilities to the benefit of its long-term care customers. Omnicare also provides key commercialization services for the bio-pharmaceutical industry and end-of-life disease management through its Specialty Care Group. For more information, visit www.omnicare.com .
Contact:
Media:
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Investors:
Patrick C. Lee
+1-513-719-1507
patrick.lee@omnicare.com
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