(Fort Worth, TX) — Joseph Santoro, Senior Director of HEALTHPOINT®, Ltd.’s Healthcare Systems Division, has announced that Jay Speelhoffer has recently been elevated to Director of Healthcare Systems, joining the corporate team at HEALTHPOINT headquarters in Fort Worth.

        “I am confident that Jay and his team will continue to provide patients affordable access to our products, providing an immense benefit to the patient community as well a value to HEALTHPOINT,” said Mr. Santoro. “HEALTHPOINT’s headquarters is pleased to welcome him and will benefit greatly from his expertise.”

        Leaving his position as Southwest Division Sales Manager, Tissue Management Division, Mr. Speelhoffer has now assumed a new leadership role and is responsible for HEALTHPOINT’s relationships with national closed-door pharmacy, group purchasing, and medical/surgical distribution accounts. In his previous role, Mr. Speelhoffer oversaw a sales force of seven representatives covering Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Southern California, selling Tissue Management products like Accuzyme® and Panafil® to hospital and home healthcare markets, extended care institutions, and office-based physicians.

        Mr. Speelhoffer is more than prepared for his new tasks, backed by his track record of leading HEALTHPOINT’s Tissue Management Southwest Division to a first place ranking for much of 2002. Also, he earned notable past experience and expertise serving as Vice President, North American Sales, for medpool.com, a healthcare technology company based in Redwood City, California. Mr. Speelhoffer also held noteworthy positions at ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., in Dallas, and Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. in Arlington where he worked for 15 years, yielding him significant experience in group sales and marketing.

        Mr. Speelhoffer earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. He also has completed a number of professional development courses from such institutions as Harvard Business School and University of Texas.

        He and his wife, Julie, reside in Southlake with their two children.

        Since its inception in 1992, HEALTHPOINT has established a U.S. presence in the research, development, and marketing of branded pharmaceuticals, over the counter drugs, and medical devices for tissue management, dermatology, and surgical. An aggressive research and development effort has brought HEALTHPOINT’s unique technologies to the market, setting the pace for its highly trained field sales organization of direct sales representatives. HEALTHPOINT, with over 250 employees, is a DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc. affiliate company. Visit HEALTHPOINT’s web site at www.healthpoint.com. HEALTHPOINT is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

        Also headquartered in Fort Worth, DFB provides technology-driven products, outsourcing services and licensing opportunities to the healthcare industry worldwide through its affiliate companies, contract partners, and branded marketing organizations.

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