Pharmagen Announces Hiring of Quality Control Manager

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmagen, Inc. (OTCQB: PHRX) (the "Company" or "Pharmagen") announces the hiring of Confidence Ekeanyanwu as a Quality Control Manager for its laboratory division.  Ms. Ekeanyanwu will lead Pharmagen's efforts to become cGMP complaint ahead of its' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registration and the pending federal compounding legislation in Congress. She will be responsible for aspects of USP/cGMP compliance, environmental monitoring and quality systems. Confidence comes to Pharmagen from NBTY, Inc. where she was a Micro Biologist II.  Previously, she served similar roles at both Teva Pharmaceuticals and PepsiCo. 

Mackie Barch, Chief Executive Officer of Pharmagen, commented that "we are very fortunate to find Confidence, as she brings a broad array of quality control experience from both the pharmaceutical and consumer goods industries.  She will enable us to strengthen our compliance in an effort to continually exceed both UPS and cGMP requirements.  This is just another example of how Pharmagen continues to demonstrate that we put patient safety first." 

About Pharmagen

Pharmagen, Inc. ("Pharmagen"), and wholly owned subsidiaries and operating divisions Pharmagen Laboratories, Inc., Pharmagen Distribution, LLC and Pharmagen Nutraceuticals, Inc. is the leader in innovative solutions to the nations sterile pharmaceutical crisis. With a multifaceted approach, Pharmagen is meeting the demand of health provider market through dynamic, independent wholesale, compounding, and innovative IT solutions.  Nationally focused, Pharmagen is a dynamic distributor of specialty drugs, compounding and admix pharmacy and producer of over-the-counter ("OTC") branded multivitamins to the healthcare provider market. Pharmagen currently functions as a just-in-time source of supply for hospitals for those products that are hard-to-find due to drug manufacturers' production shortages.

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