ProgressiveRx

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company_name = ProgressiveRx, LLC
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company_type = Limited liability company
foundation = 2004
location = United States & India
industry = Health care
homepage = [http://www.progressiverx.com/ www.progressiverx.com]

ProgressiveRx is a US limited liability company with operations offices in Bangalore, India [Guttman, Leslie. "Drugs from India, Cheap." "Oregon Business Magazine" June 2005 http://progressiverx.com/cart/OBM.pdf ] that sells medications through its website [http://www.progressiverx.com ProgressiveRx.com] ."ProgressiveRx.com" ] The site provides access to low-cost over-the-counter and prescription medications which it sources from international US FDA and WHO GMP approved manufacturing units. [Sickenger, Ted. "Internet prescription sales fly not quite under the radar." "The Oregonian" 16 Oct. 2005 http://www.consumer.com.my/resources/index.php?itemid=614 ] In addition to the internet operations, ProgressiveRx also began opening a chain of retail pharmacies in India in 2008. [Colliver, Victoria. "Uninsured turn to imported drugs bought online." "The San Francisco Chronicle" 15 May 2008 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/15/BUMB10JSO0.DTL ]

In 2005, ProgressiveRx founder, Hayden Hamilton, and staff also helped create Progressive Health Worldwide [http://www.phww.org (phww.org)] - a US 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides free pediatric tuberculosis clinics, outreach, nutritional supplements and education to impoverished communities in rural Karnataka, India. [Progressive Health Website - [http://www.phww.org phww.org] ] Hamilton also went on to found software startup [http://www.printgreener.com GreenPrint Technologies] in 2006. [Clifford, Stephanie. "The Enlightened MBA." "Inc. Magazine" July 2007 http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070701/features-start-up-enlightened-mba.html ]

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