Baptist Cancer Center, West Cancer Center and Church Health partner as donation sites
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2019 – RemediChain today announced that it has begun accepting individual donations of oral chemotherapy prescriptions, the first step in the Memphis-based company’s cutting-edge use of blockchain technology to address the financial and environmental problems of medication waste. To facilitate the donation process, RemediChain will partner with three Memphis organizations to take in medications – Baptist Cancer Center, West Cancer Center and Church Health.
“Nationwide, more than $100 billion worth of medication is destroyed each year, while 32 million Americans report that they can’t afford their medication,” said Jide Anyigbo, pharmacist and co-founder of RemediChain. “This is an especially prominent problem for cancer patients, as oral chemotherapy drugs can cost up to $45,000 for a 30-day supply. By using blockchain technology, we can connect individual donors with unused medications to some of those patients most in need right here in Memphis. It’s literally life-saving.”
RemediChain, a sister company for Good Shepherd Pharmacy, can accept and redistribute unopened oral chemotherapy tablets and capsules in their original packaging. Those medications can be donated by any patient or cancer clinic in the United States and will be distributed to vulnerable patients who would not otherwise be able to afford their life-saving medicine. To find out if your medication is eligible to donate, visit RemediChain.com and click “Donate.” Once a donation has been registered online, medications can be mailed directly to Good Shepherd Pharmacy or delivered to a donation partner site. There are three donation sites in Memphis: Church Health’s main campus at Crosstown Concourse, the West Cancer Center on Wolf River Boulevard or any Baptist Cancer Center in the Memphis area.
RemediChain is currently pursuing additional donation site partners to expand its program beyond Tennessee and across the country. For more information on donating or serving as a donation site, contact Phil Baker at phil@remedichain.com.
About RemediChain
RemediChain is the first company of its kind to use blockchain technology to address the financial and environmental problems of prescription waste and connect individual medication donors with patients in need. Created by Jide Anyigbo, Phil Baker, Ayile’ Arnett and Jason Fisher, the company began collecting unopened oral chemotherapy drugs from individual donors in 2019 and has plans to expand its network of donation sites throughout the United States. For more information, visit https://www.remedichain.com.
About Good Shepherd Pharmacy
Good Shepherd is a nonprofit pharmacy designed to meet the needs of people who can’t afford their medications. The GoodShepRx membership program provides access to at-cost or donated medication to over 1,000 vulnerable patients with chronic conditions. In 2017, Good Shepherd Pharmacy gained national recognition for the creation of a prescription repository which accepts prescription donations from any individual in the United States. In 2018 the team launched RemediChain, a blockchain platform that connects people who wish to donate unopened chemotherapy drugs to those who would not otherwise be able to afford their life-saving medication.
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