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Date:7/31/2009

1.) Niagara Falls Housing Authority Doris W. Jones Family Housing Authority 3001 Ninth Street Niagara Falls, NY 14305 Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. Friday, August 7, 2009 1.) The Jerome Center 16 Bank Street Batavia, NY Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.

"The PPA, so far, has helped well over 189,000 New Yorkers find out if they may qualify for free or discounted medicines and as we move forward into 2009, the assistance is still available," said PhRMA President and CEO Billy Tauzin. "That's good news for the citizens of New York, where there are more than 802,000 people out of work."

Patients who qualify for help from the PPA's participating patient assistance programs have access to more than 2,500 brand-name and generic prescription medicines. In addition, the PPA provides information on more than 10,000 free health care clinics in America and has connected more than 281,000 patients with clinics and health care providers in their communities.

Patients seeking help from PPA can call a toll-free number (1-888-4-PPA-NOW) to talk to a trained operator or access the PPA Web site (www.pparx.org). It only takes 10 to 15 minutes to find out if someone may qualify for free or discounted medications.

To help spread the word about the assistance available, the PPA's "Help Is Here Express" buses continue to visit communities all over the country with trained specialists on board to provide information on how to access patient assistance programs. All 50 states and more than 2,500 towns and cities have been visited so far, and nearly 6 million patients have been helped nationwide since the PPA began in April 2005.

"At a time when national unemployment is the highest in almost two decades, the PPA has become an important lifeline for a
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SOURCE Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Copyright©2009 PR Newswire. All rights reserved

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