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October 9, 2009, Friday

HEADLINE:Prime Therapeutics Hires Jacqueline Chase as Senior Vice President of Human Resources

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Prime Therapeutics (Prime), a nationwide pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company, announced that Jacqueline Chase has joined the organization as senior vice president of human resources (see also Therapy).

In this executive role, Ms. Chase will lead all areas of human resources, facilities, safety and security manage-ment.

"We're pleased to be adding Jackie to our executive team," said Kim Mageau, interim president and CEO of Prime. "Jackie's twenty five-plus years of experience in human resources and employment law will be imperative as we posi-tion Prime for continued growth. With Jackie's leadership, Prime will continue to encourage professional success and development among our employees and support our dedication to occupational and operational excellence."

Most recently Ms. Chase was the vice president of human resources for Imation Corp. Prior to joining Imation, Ms. Chase was senior counsel at 3M and practiced employment law with Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly LLP. Ms. Chase received her bachelor's degree in business administration and human resources and her doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of Iowa. Ms Chase also has a master's degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.

Prime Therapeutics is a pharmacy benefit management company dedicated to providing innovative, clini-cally-based, cost-effective pharmacy solutions for clients and members. Providing pharmacy benefit services nation-wide to approximately 14.7 million covered lives, its client base includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, employer and union groups, and third-party administrators. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, Prime Therapeutics is collec-tively owned by 11 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, subsidiaries or affiliates of those Plans. Learn more at www.primetherapeutics.com.

Keywords: Pharmaceuticals, Therapy, Treatment, Prime Therapeutics.
This article was prepared by Drug Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Drug Week via NewsRx.com.

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