Corporate Donor Program
The following companies provide over one-half of the funds needed to support Oley programs. Corporate relationships also strengthen our educational and outreach efforts.
For their continued interest and strong commitment we remain grateful. The Oley Foundation does not accept advertisements on its web site. .
Unrestricted Corporate Gifts
PLATINUM LEVEL PARTNERS ($70,000+)
Nutrishare, Inc.
GOLDEN MEDALLION PARTNERS
($50,000 -$69,000)
Coram, Inc.
NutriThrive
SILVER CIRCLE PARTNERS ($30,000-$49,999)
BRONZE STAR
PARTNER ($20,000-$29,999)
Apria Healthcare
BENEFACTOR LEVEL PARTNERS ($10,000-$19,999)
Abbott Nutrition
Novartis Nutrition
PATRONS LEVEL PARTNERS ($5,000-$9,999)
Critical Care Systems
EMD Serono, Inc.
Hospira Worldwide, Inc.
Option Care, Inc.
BLUE RIBBON PARTNERS
($2,500-$4,999)
Baxter Healthcare
B. Braun Medical, Inc.
Kimberly-Clark
Nestle Nutrition
Sherwood Clinical
Sigma International
CONTRIBUTORS ($1,000-$2,499)
Baxa
Corporation
Zevex Inc.
04/15/2008 Updated
Please Join Oley in Thanking Our Corporate Sponsors
Abbott Nutrition
Abbott
Nutrition is a longtime leader in the
U.S.
nutritional marketplace, and strives “to be the worldwide leader in providing
superior nutritional products that advance the quality of life for people of all
ages.” Abbott Nutrition manufactures and distributes medical nutritional
products such as: PediaSure® Enteral Formulas, designed to provide a source of
Complete, Balanced Nutrition® for children ages 1-13; Vital jr®., a
semi-elemental formula for the nutritional needs of children ages 1-13 years;
Jevity® 1.2 Cal, an isotonic, fiber-fortified tube-feeding product with the
prebiotic NutraFlora® scFOS®, and the Embrace® ambulatory feeding pump.
Apria Healthcare
Apria Healthcare
Group, Inc., is a leading national provider of home health care products and
services, including parenteral and enteral nutrition, antibiotics, and other
therapies. With over five hundred branch and thirty-two infusion pharmacy
locations nationwide, Apria serves over 1.5 million patients annually through
all fifty states.
Baxa
Corporation
Baxa develops devices and systems for safe and efficient preparation, handling,
packaging, and administration of fluid medications. The company’s Exacta-Mix™
and MicroMacro™ Automated Compounders safely mix parenteral nutrition solutions
for home and hospital use. Baxa compounders are the only automated systems that
accurately deliver both macro and micro ingredients in a single unit, with bar
code ingredient verification to eliminate medication errors. These systems
represent the state-of-the-art for nutritional support.
Baxter Healthcare
Baxter’s Nutrition Business
manufactures a broad portfolio of parenteral nutrition products including premix
parenteral nutrition, amino acids, dextrose, IV fat emulsion, and vitamins. Its
business provides parenteral nutrition products and services to all points of
care that provide parenteral nutrition to patients requiring feeding via the
parenteral route.
B.
Braun Medical, Inc.
A recipient of the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Medical Technology Global Excellence
Award, B. Braun Medical, Inc., has built a large store of knowledge and
expertise in delivering innovative health care products, medical devices, and
programs that enhance working processes in hospitals, alternate care settings,
and medical practices—increasing safety for patients, doctors, and nurses. The
company writes, “Our 34,000 employees worldwide are proud of their commitment to
translating customer needs into products with unmatched quality, superior
technology, cost-effectiveness, and environmental responsibility.” Today, B.
Braun offers a complete line of basic nutrition products for parenteral
administration, including 3%, 8.5%, and 10% FreAmine® III (Amino Acid
Injections), and Concentrated Dextrose (20%–70% Injections). B. Braun states,
“We are more than a reliable supplier of parenteral nutrition products—the
company is a partner, too, providing customers with assistance on product
decisions, technical support, and more.”
Coram, Inc.
Coram provides the
highest quality clinical care and personal support for HomePEN consumers through
its One-to-One program, consumer advocate (Coram Partner), and toll-free help
line. Once again, Coram is proud to be a Golden Medallion partner of the Oley
Foundation, helping to fund educational and outreach efforts.
Critical Care Systems
Critical Care Systems is
a leading national specialty infusion company that provides comprehensive
clinical services to pediatric and adult populations through a national
footprint of Joint Commission accredited community-based branches. The company’s
Specialty Nutrition Support Program is supported by a team of dietitians,
nurses, pharmacists, and reimbursement specialists who excel in parenteral
nutrition, clinical support, and customer service. Whether their customers
require short- or long-term therapy, Critical Care Systems provides flexible,
individualized care adapted to the consumer’s lifestyle.
EMD Serono, Inc.
EMD Serono, Inc., with
headquarters in Rockland, Massachusetts, is an affiliate of Merck, KGaA, in
Darmstadt, Germany. EMD Serono is a leader in the U.S. biotechnology arena,
integrating cutting-edge science with unparalleled patient support systems to
improve people’s lives. EMD Serono is committed to discovering and developing
innovative products that address unmet medical needs in specialized therapeutic
areas, including reproductive health, metabolic endocrinology and neurology, and
new therapeutic areas, including oncology and autoimmune diseases.
Hospira, Inc.
Hospira, Inc., is a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery
company dedicated to Advancing Wellness™ by developing, manufacturing, and
marketing products that help improve the productivity, safety, and efficacy of
patient care. In February 2007, Hospira acquired Mayne Pharma Limited to become
a world leader in specialty generic injectable pharmaceuticals.
Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark
develops, manufactures, and markets the comprehensive line of MIC* feeding
tubes, including the Kimberly-Clark*MIC-KEY* low-profile gastrostomy feeding
tube (now available in 12 Fr size for pediatrics) and the Kimberly-Clark*
MIC-KEY* low-profile transgastric jejunal feeding tube. The company is the maker
of the first balloon gastrostomy feeding tube and is a leader in ongoing
research, development, and customer support.
*Registered trademark or trademark of Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., or its affiliates.
Nestle Nutrition
Nestle Nutrition, part of the world’s largest food company, provides a
comprehensive line of enteral nutrition formulas to the health care community.
Markets served include hospital, home care and long term care sites. The
company’s product offerings satisfy a wide range of demanding clinical nutrition
needs with products that include oral supplements and tube feeding formulas in
the form of whole-protein, elemental and special diets for both adults and
pediatrics.
Novartis Nutrition
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Novartis Medical Nutrition is the
second-largest manufacturer of enteral formulas and delivery systems in the
United States and an industry leader in oral supplements, tube feeding products,
and fortified foods used in the institutional and home settings. The company is
focused on providing the highest quality nutritional products and services that
maintain and improve human health and well-being.
Novartis Medical Nutrition values the relationship it has with the Oley
Foundation, and encourages all of its Partnered Providers to become involved and
get to know all HEN consumers whom their products touch every day.
Nutrishare, Inc.
Rod Okamoto and Tom
Diamantidis attended their first Oley Conference in 1991, the same year that
Nutrishare was founded. The company’s cornerstone principle of focusing
exclusively on home TPN care and honoring the consumers’ rights to choose
their health care providers and the products they use were forged during that
remarkable conference in
Saratoga Springs
that summer.
In 2007, Nutrishare, together with the Oley Foundation, is proud to launch the Nutrishare Research Prize, designed to recognize and encourage clinical research that will improve the quality of life for home TPN consumers and their families. The entire Nutrishare family (consumers, caregivers, and employees) share in the honor of pioneering Oley’s new Platinum Level of corporate support as a tribute to the Oley Foundation’s mission.
NutriThrive, Inc.
Consistent with Oley’s mission, NutriThrive is dedicated to improving the lives
of those at home on nutrition support. NutriThrive is focused on providing
products and clinical services that are customized to specialized nutritional
requirements. Our goal is to provide excellent care, minimize therapy needs, and
help individuals get on with living life.
As an Oley Partner, NutriThrive has put its mission into action by providing an
annual base contribution and additional financial support through the Full
Circle program, contributing $1 for every day of parenteral nutrition and $1 for
every course of enteral nutrition that our patients require nationwide. We are
committed to giving back to improve life for those on homePEN.
Option Care, Inc.
For more than 25 years,
Option Care, Inc. has made patients’ lives easier with a full range of health
care services outside the hospital setting, working with more than 400 payor
organizations representing more than 75 million Americans. With the largest home
infusion and specialty pharmacy footprint in the industry, Option Care offers
treatment nationwide to patients in their homes, physician offices or other
alternate sites, including ambulatory treatment centers. Services are provided
by highly skilled, clinical professionals from 113 pharmacy locations.
Sherwood Clinical
Sherwood Clinical began as the vision of
one man. Seeing a need, Charles Sherwood developed a plan to deliver
high-quality infusion care in the comfort and convenience of patients’ homes,
and in 1993 Sherwood Clinical was born. Today, more than a decade and one
hundred employees later, Sherwood Clinical provides home-infusion care
throughout Georgia, the western Carolinas, parts of Tennessee, and Alabama.
Sherwood Clinical provides a wide range of services, including antibiotics; EN
and PN therapy for adult and pediatric patients; central line maintenance; IV
hydration; IV inotropics; IVIG therapy; pain management; Synagis home injections
(for RSV prevention); intermittent therapies; midline catheter placement;
skilled nurse visits; and patient and caregiver education. Sherwood Clinical
also provides home medical equipment through its partnership with Care Medical,
Inc.
Zevex, Inc.
Zevex manufactures and markets the
EnteraLite® Infinity enteral feeding pump. The company writes, “The EnteraLite
Infinity is highly portable, +/-5% accurate, easy to program, and rugged—it can
be washed under running water without fear of damage!” The Infinity weighs less
than 15 ounces, has 24-hour battery life, and can be operated in any orientation
due to the elimination of the drip chamber. To learn more about the Infinity,
and how to remove the traditional barriers to enteral feeding, visit Zevex’s Web
site at www.zevex.com/infinity.