UPPI President JOHN WITKOWSKI receives prestigious American Pharmacists Association Award

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25 March 2023; Phoenix, AZ USA UPPI President John Witkowski received the 2023 APhA Honorary Membership Award in recognition of his sustained contributions to ensuring the advancement of the nuclear pharmacy profession in the United States. The award recognized Mr. Witkowski’s decades long career in the nuclear pharmacy industry encompassing his role in sales and culminating with his current position as President of UPPI, a nationwide network of independently owned and university based radiopharmacies and cyclotrons. Of particular note was Mr. Witkowski’s work with the United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration which recognized UPPI for outstanding achievement in support of ensuring reliable supplies of molybdenum-99 produced without the use of highly enriched uranium. Under Mr. Witkowski’s leadership, UPPI’s innovation and initiative through the “LEU Walk” and other efforts demonstrated its dedication to the essential international effort to promote reliable supplies of molybdenum-99 produced without highly enriched uranium for the global marketplace. Further recognition was given by Vizient, the nation’s leading healthcare performance improvement company when it named UPPI its Distributor of the Year in 2017. Most recently, Mr. Witkowski has placed UPPI’s focus on bringing emerging theranostics to patients in the US.

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