Author: Julie Kaloides

Chandler, AZ—SilverSneakers^®, the nation’s leading community fitness program designed for seniors, is adding digital resources to support its members as the spread of COVID-19 keeps people home and quarantined. On Thursday, March 19 at 8:30 a.m. MST, we will kick off a virtual workout series on Facebook Live. To protect the health, well-being and safety of members and to support them to stay active, SilverSneakers members can access an OnDemand video library offering a variety of workout formats and intensity levels for those members just starting out their fitness journey and those who have already established a regular routine of physical activity. Tivity will continue to add new content to its digital library to provide additional resources and options as the COVID-19 situation develops.
Exercise plays an important role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, managing stress, and supporting a strong immune system. SilverSneakers members have a variety of options to choose from to stay fit and active, by staying engaged digitally through our SilverSneakers GO™ app or accessing our SilverSneakers OnDemand video library of workouts, nutrition, stress management, and educational materials. SilverSneakers national trainers and FLEX instructors will also be hosting virtual exercise classes available to SilverSneakers members.
“As COVID-19 continues to affect American communities, we will continue to monitor the situation closely and follow guidance from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention),” said Steve Janicak, Healthcare Business Unit President. “SilverSneakers has a long history of improving health and keeping SilverSneakers members socially engaged and connected — and in these challenging times, we will work hard to ensure that our members can stay connected in a safe and healthy way — because we all need to be connected — now more than ever as we work through this national crisis together.”
SilverSneakers GO, a mobile fitness app that fits the goals, preferences, and lifestyles of active adults. With workout programs designed specifically for seniors, SilverSneakers GO unlocks access to a library of exercises, audio-guided meditations, stress management, walks and activities created by trained SilverSneakers instructors to motivate users and help them achieve fitness goals.

Farmville, NC—Specialty pharmaceutical company CMP Pharma, Inc. announced today that its Potassium Phosphates Injection, the first FDA Approved Potassium Phosphates Injection, is NOW Available. Health Care Providers have available for the first time an FDA approved potassium phosphates injection. The availability of this product will help alleviate supply concerns from previous market shortages of this critical phosphate repletion treatment. CMP Pharma’s Potassium Phosphates Injection is now available from National and Regional wholesalers.
Potassium Phosphates Injection is indicated as a source of phosphorus in intravenous fluids to correct hypophosphatemia in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older when oral or enteral replacement is not possible, insufficient or contraindicated. Additionally, it is indicated as an additive for preparing specific parenteral fluid formulas when the needs of the patient cannot be met by standard electrolyte or nutrient solutions.

Under multi-year agreement, 1.5 million associates and their dependents will have access to facilities and resources to improve their health.
NASHVILLE, Tenn./PRNewswire—Tivity Health^® (NASDAQ: TVTY) is now offering its Prime^® Fitness program, which helps individuals improve their health through physical fitness, to Walmart’s 1.5 million associates and their dependents across the United States. The offering for Walmart associates, the Walton Life Fitness Pass, will remove barriers to fitness with access to more than 9,000 fitness locations nationwide starting as low as $9 per paycheck.

Dayton, OH—CSafe Global, the innovation leader in active temperature-controlled container solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, hosted customers and employees at the grand opening of a 31,000 square-foot service center facility in San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU). Nearly three times larger than the previous facility, the new service center will accommodate the ongoing demand for CSafe’s specialized air cargo containers for pharmaceutical shipments to more than 100 countries.
CSafe has been part of the San Juan community since 2014 when a local partner began warehousing these temperature-controlled containers. In 2016, the company decided to invest in its own facility and moved in to the 12,000 square-foot space in April of that year. The company has grown exponentially in the last three years putting significant demand on the SJU service center, and the company once again decided to invest in a larger, more streamlined operational facility where the CSafe team could better serve customers.
“We’re thrilled to continue growing in San Juan and are excited to see the new opportunities we’ll have to improve efficiency and expand the business even further. As with all of our service centers, this new facility will ensure our RKN and RAP containers operate at top system performance, keep temperatures precisely where they need to be for our customers’ life-saving cargo,” said Tom Weir, VP of Global Operations at CSafe Global.
In addition to the grand opening event, interim CEO, Patrick Schafer also announced that the company will make a significant donation to a local charitable organization to assist in efforts to support local residents displaced by the ongoing devastating earthquakes. This is not the first time CSafe has stepped up to help in the area. Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the company chartered several cargo planes and an Antonov to deliver extra containers to the island to ensure life-saving medicines reached their destinations. CSafe also moved employees and their families into safe housing for several months while homes were repaired.
“CSafe is committed to customers, employees and to the communities where we operate,” said Schafer. “Our mission is to provide peace of mind and helping our neighbors in times of need is absolutely essential in that effort. I can only hope that what we’ve have provided will offer some comfort to residents during this challenging time.”
CSafe service centers put all RKN and RAP systems through an industry-unique Preventative Maintenance Rebuild (PMR) program to certify optimal operational performance. This protocol goes a long way in providing peace of mind to CSafe customers, while delivering on the CSafe promise to protect what matters most to pharmaceutical companies, so patients can receive what matters most to them.

NASHVILLE, TN—Clearwater today announced the addition of Risk Response Optimizer to the latest release of IRM|Analysis™, the Enterprise Cyber Risk Management Software (ECRMS) product specifically designed to help healthcare organizations identify, prioritize, and respond to risks on an enterprise scale, in accordance with the guidance and expectations of the Office for Civil Rights. The new feature is the latest innovation Clearwater has developed to enable hospitals and health systems and their business associates to identify and respond to risks and manage them more efficiently.
IRM|Analysis facilitates a consistent, information system-focused risk analysis, and as a result, provides information that is critical in driving effective risk management decision making. The software’s proprietary algorithms not only pinpoint an organization’s most highly-rated risks to its information systems, but through Risk Response Optimizer, will also characterize the most common control deficiencies contributing to those risks.
For resource-constrained hospitals and health systems that may be challenged to implement safeguards against cyberattacks that are growing in number and sophistication, Clearwater’s IRM|Analysis can improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of information security teams.
“As a SaaS-based product that allows healthcare organizations to effectively manage a constantly evolving risk landscape, IRM|Analysis drives informed security investment decisions, direct cost savings and value creation that is measurable and material,” said Clearwater CEO Steve Cagle. “From senior management to IT staff managing risk management tasks on a daily basis, the software streamlines and focuses resources and investments, enabling proactive and preventative cybersecurity programs with an attractive return on investment.”
The addition of Risk Response Optimizer follows the introduction of Component Expert System last year, another powerful feature embedded within IRM|Analysis that enables hospitals and health systems to complete the security risk analysis and risk management processes more efficiently across the enterprise by logically grouping similar information system components based on their properties and associated controls. The technology, for which Clearwater was awarded a patent in December, automatically identifies relevant risk scenarios, thereby facilitating a more efficient risk assessment and management process.
Clearwater’s consistent delivery of innovative solutions has enabled the company to earn the #1 rating for Risk Management and Compliance in Black Book Research’s survey of healthcare providers the past three years in a row.

NASHVILLE, Tenn./PRNewswire—Nutrisystem^® and South Beach Diet^®, both products of Tivity Health^®, announced today that the two brands have been recognized in the U.S. News & World Report Best Diet Rankings for 2020.
“Both Nutrisystem and South Beach Diet are leaders in the weight loss industry,” said Keira Krausz, Nutrition Business Unit President, Tivity Health. “For nearly 50 years, Nutrisystem has been committed to helping millions of people adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Our research-supported, easy-to-follow programs provide nutritionally balanced and delicious foods to set consumers up for success on the journey to becoming their best selves.”
Both Nutrisystem and the South Beach Diet broke through the top 10 Best Commercial Diets and rose in the ranks for Best Diets for Healthy Eating, while South Beach Diet also received recognition for its heart-healthy approach as a Best Heart-Healthy Diet.
New in 2020 are personal plans from Nutrisystem and The New Keto-Friendly South Beach Diet program. Nutrisystem’s personal plans are triple matched to reflect individual body type, food preferences and goals, and deliver safe and effective weight loss of up to 18 pounds in the first two months. Studies show that a personalized approach to weight loss, compared to a “one-size-fits-all” approach, has been associated with better and more sustained adherence.
The New Keto-Friendly South Beach Diet program is designed to be a low-carb, high-fat dietary approach consistent with a “keto” diet. The new program reinforces the basic principles of the keto approach while adding enhancements that make it more convenient and more sustainable over time, and is based on the publication of The New Keto-Friendly South Beach Diet by Dr. Arthur Agatston, the world-renowned cardiologist who created the original best-selling South Beach Diet in 2003. The new book, out December 31, 2019, updates the original program with the latest weight loss science.
Both brands offer safe, effective, and science-backed weight-loss plans, with a distinguished Science Advisory Board and strong clinical studies. All plans include comprehensive support and counseling options from trained weight-loss coaches, registered dietitians and certified diabetes educators available seven days a week from the brands’ award-winning contact center, free digital apps that complement both brands, and select products available at retail.

NASHVILLE, Tenn./PRNewswire—Tivity Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: TVTY), a leading provider of nutrition, fitness and social engagement solutions, announces the launch of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The role of the Tivity Health SAB is to review and advise on product strategy and new product concepts to provide an objective, external perspective in the context of proven evidence, emerging research, and trends in nutrition, exercise and social sciences.
The Tivity Health SAB is comprised of eight experts in the fields of nutrition, obesity and weight loss, fitness and exercise, aging, social health, and precision medicine. Its members include former Nutrisystem SAB members Arthur Agatston, M.D.; Caroline Apovian, M.D., FACN, FACP, FTOS; Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA; and Jay Satz, Ph.D. who are joined by new board members Evan Forman, Ph.D.; Sandro Galea, M.D., MPH, DrPH; Chris Mason, Ph.D.; and Christine Rosenbloom, Ph.D., RDN, FAND.
“We are excited to announce the new Tivity Health Scientific Advisory Board, and we are grateful for their commitment to the Tivity Health mission,” said Donato Tramuto, Chief Executive Officer, Tivity Health. “These distinguished professionals help us evolve our products and ensure that we are delivering highly impactful solutions to improve the health and vitality of our members and customers.”
Tivity Health is actively addressing the social determinants of health, (SDOH) defined by the World Health Organization as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. With its family of healthy life-changing solutions, Tivity Health’s goal is to transform the aging experience and reduce factors that lead to serious health issues and high medical costs; including chronic conditions, obesity, inactivity, social isolation, and loneliness.
The Tivity Health SAB will ensure product strategies and solutions to impact SDOH are supported by scientific evidence. They will also advise the company’s research strategy and approaches to test and optimize product effectiveness and value.
The former Nutrisystem SAB was instrumental in the success of programs and products such as Turbo10, Lean13, Turbo13, and DNA Body Blueprint, as well as the development of the South Beach Diet program.
The new Tivity Health SAB has the expertise to ensure a strong scientific foundation for effective, differentiated products for healthy living and aging across all Tivity Health brands including SilverSneakers, Nutrisystem, South Beach Diet, and the recently announced Wisely Well, a new meal delivery program that will offer fully prepared meals to meet the dietary needs of older adults.

Dayton, OH—CSafe Global, the innovation leader in temperature-controlled packaging solutions, announces today that Emilio Frattaruolo has been appointed to a newly-created role of Vice President of Innovation, Passive Systems.
Mr. Frattaruolo brings over a decade of experience with previous roles in engineering and operational leadership for both Pharmaceutical manufacturers and Cold Chain solution providers. With his unique industry perspective, Mr. Frattaruolo is responsible for leading the growth of the CSafe passive product line, developing and maintaining the product roadmap, and ultimately aligning the business to meet Pharmaceutical cold chain shipment needs. Mr. Frattaruolo will be dedicated to driving R&D initiatives for product innovation to support this long-term global expansion strategy. He is also responsible for expanding CSafe’s presence in the emerging Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) market.
“I am pleased to welcome Emilio Frattaruolo to the CSafe Global team,” states Patrick Schafer, CSafe Global CEO, “He brings a multitude of engineering and operational management experience to our leadership team. His deep understanding of the clinical and commercial cold chain distribution process will be a great asset to CSafe.”
“I look forward to the exciting opportunity of leading the Passive Systems business for CSafe,” cites Emilio. “The team at CSafe has developed best-in-class solutions for the ever-evolving and increasingly demanding requirements that today’s global supply chain present to our customers. We are highly motivated to ensure our clients are able to distribute their life saving therapies to an ever-expanding global patient population.”

New York, NY—Altaris Capital Partners, LLC (“Altaris”) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the drug delivery business of 3M (NYSE: MMM) for total consideration equal to $650 million.
The business, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a global leader in drug delivery that partners with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to develop and manufacture pharmaceutical products using its unique inhalation, transdermal, microneedle, or conventional drug delivery technologies. As part of the transaction, 3M will retain a minority interest in the business alongside Altaris.
“We are excited to be partnering with 3M and the drug delivery team to support the future growth of the company,” said George Aitken-Davies, Managing Director of Altaris. “We believe the business is well positioned to build on its successful track record as a leading provider of drug delivery technologies.”
The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the first half of 2020.
Schiff Hardin acted as legal counsel to Altaris.

NASHVILLE, Tenn./PRNewswire—Tivity Health^®, Inc. (Nasdaq: TVTY), a leading provider of nutrition, fitness and social engagement solutions, announced today its organizational structure for the Nutrition Business Unit. Keira Krausz, President, Nutrition Business Unit, will continue to lead the Nutrition division, focused on growing the Nutrisystem^® and South Beach Diet^® programs for 2020. Krausz was the Chief Marketing Officer of Nutrisystem from 2013 to 2019 and was part of the leadership team who drove the growth and turnaround of the company.
Krausz is supported by a tenured leadership team, including David Burton, Chief Operating Officer, Nutrition Business Unit, who has been working in operations and product development for Nutrisystem for more than a decade; Steve Mikulak, Senior Vice President, Marketing, a seasoned marketing and five-year Nutrisystem veteran who is credited with driving digital growth and revenue per customer; and Bill MacBride, Senior Vice President, Contact Center, who has led the award-winning call center operations for Nutrisystem for the past ten years.
“One year ago today, we announced our acquisition of Nutrisystem, and with it our vision to transform the company to focus on improving health and well-being through fitness, nutrition and social engagement solutions,” said Donato Tramuto, CEO of Tivity Health. “We are firmly committed to our OE strategy for nutrition – to optimize our core business to support 2020 growth and expand to launch new revenue channels to diversify the nutrition business unit to recognize the potential of our combined organization. Nutrition Business Unit President Keira Krausz is a proven leader committed to aggressively pursuing our mission and growth opportunities. She will now report to me, and I am confident that with her leadership, we will quickly return our profitable nutrition business to growth and ensure positive momentum in 2020.”
Krausz became President of the Nutrition Business Unit in March 2019, after the acquisition of Nutrisystem by Tivity Health. Krausz is a proven direct-to-consumer, data-driven, and digital marketer. While she was CMO of Nutrisystem, overseeing all aspects of sales and marketing, revenue grew by over 90% and EBITDA more than tripled. Under her leadership, Nutrisystem, Inc. revamped its ecommerce team, built a customer experience and retention team that increased revenue per customer by nearly 30%, revitalized creative and media, and introduced and grew the South Beach Diet program.
For 2020, the Nutrition Business Unit is executing against its previously announced “optimization” strategy by introducing science-backed, effective program innovation, evolving creative to increase brand appeal and response, and significantly expanding its digital reach.
“Our 2020 program for Nutrisystem is our most innovative and on-trend in the past six years,” said Krausz. “We returned to best practices for development and in-market testing, are introducing dozens of new foods, have seen positive results for our new creative, and are on track with our media expansion. We’re also excited to re-launch the new keto-friendly South Beach Diet with fully-integrated brand, direct response, and PR efforts. The Nutrition Business Unit is well-positioned to execute on Donato’s vision, return our brands to growth and deliver shareholder value in 2020.”