[Source: Health and Life Sciences Law Daily, January 2, 2008 - AHLA]
The AP (12/29) reported that the Dispensary of Hope, a "nonprofit organization that provides free sample medications to Tennesseans who don't have insurance, will be able to expand its program with the help of a $1 million grant from the state." The funds will enable the program "to expand from three sites to nine in Tennessee." Additionally, a "new service that will allow people to receive medications through the mail" will be launched by 2008.
According to Scott Cornwell, the organization's managing director, the "dispensary is stocked by donations from 300 doctor's offices and clinics, as well as pharmaceutical companies," added the Tennessean (12/26, Pinto). Offering "more than 900 medications" since its inception in 2004, approximately "75,000 prescriptions" have been filled.
