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------------------------------------------------------------------------ DuPont Merck, Stadtlanders Pharmacy Create Parkinson's Care Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WESTPORT, Sep 30 (Reuters) - DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., based in Wilmington, Delaware, and Stadtlanders Pharmacy, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, announced Monday that the companies have formed a joint quality of care program for Parkinson's disease patients. According to a joint company press release posted on PR Newswire, the program will address specialized clinical and educational tools, monitoring of patient drug utilization and compliance, and enhanced reporting to physicians. The program will also provide express delivery of medications, direct billing services to insurance companies and continuous care and counseling by pharmacists who are specially trained in managing Parkinson's disease. Stadtlanders Pharmacy is a disease-specific pharmaceutical care provider for patients with HIV/AIDS, organ transplants and other high-risk disease states. Westport Newsroom 203 319 2700 Copyright 1997 Reuters Limited. http://www.reutershealth.com/news/docs/199709/19970930inb.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [log in to unmask]