MIAMI, FL--(Marketwired - Jan 9, 2015) - Progressive Care Inc. (
Caremed is a retail pharmacy based in Miami, Florida and offers similar products and services as PharmCo, filling on average over 15,000 prescriptions per month in 2014. Caremed is currently a preferred provider in many pharmacy networks and is the pharmacy of choice for a large number of clinics in South Florida. The combined organization currently fills close to 30,000 prescriptions per month on average. The Company believes that this partnership will create economies of scale and harness the power of the each pharmacy's market strengths.
"This joint venture is an exciting new opportunity for both pharmacies to expand its market share. We believe that it will be the catalyst to remarkable growth and profitability in 2015," said Shital Parikh Mars, Chief Operating Officer.
"We have known about PharmCo for a long time and we are thrilled about this partnership. We think that working together will only lead to beneficial results for both companies," said Leslie L. Lorenzo, President of Caremed.
The Company believes that its success depends not only on organic growth but also on its ability to create synergistic partnerships. This co-joint venture is the first step in establishing relationships with a new range of providers that will ultimately propel long-term growth and increase shareholder value.
The agreement executed and effective on January 5, 2015 between Progressive Care Inc. and the owners of Caremed Pharmacy, LLC exchange 49% membership interests of PharmCo and Caremed. The new ownership structure is as follows:
| Progressive Care | New Owners* | |
| PharmCo, LLC | 51% | 49% |
| Caremed Pharmacy, LLC | 49%** | 51% |
*The New Owners in the joint venture will divide their new membership into 3 parts based on each owners' former proportional interest in Caremed.
**Although Progressive will not own the majority interest in Caremed, its 49% stake represents a plurality of its outstanding membership. This, in conjunction with Progressive's management and control over the operation, will establish Progressive's interest as the controlling interest of Caremed for consolidated financial reporting purposes. Both PharmCo and Caremed will retain their names and current locations.
About Progressive Care (RXMD)
Progressive Care, Inc. (RXMD), through its subsidiary PharmCo, LLC is a South Florida provider of prescription pharmaceuticals specializing in prescription pharmaceuticals specializing in health practice risk management, the sale of anti-retroviral medications and related medication therapy management, the sale and rental of durable medical equipment ("DME") and the supply of prescription medications to long term care facilities.
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