EXTON, Pa. , Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
(NYSE: WST ), a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Heart of Pharma Award at the 2024 CPHI Awards for its partnership with Fox Chase Cancer Center, a part of the Temple University Health System. This award recognizes companies, individuals, and initiatives which nurture philanthropic, ethical and community-based ventures. West was announced the winner during an awards ceremony on the opening night of CPHI Worldwide on October 8 in Milan, Italy .
West has been a philanthropic partner of Fox Chase Cancer Center, a Philadelphia -based comprehensive cancer center committed to clinical excellence, research expertise, and community health, for over two decades. In 2021, West pledged to support a next-generation mobile screening unit, building on Fox Chase's three decades of experience as a leader in mobile cancer screening. With the help of funds raised by West team members, Fox Chase announced a new state-of-the-art mobile screening unit sponsored by West that will provide services later this year.
This mobile screening van will increase Fox Chase's capacity to bring cancer screenings directly into communities with limited access to healthcare. The new unit will offer screening for more types of cancer, 3D mammography, and new initiatives, like vaccine distribution, phlebotomy, and collection of biospecimens and popu.
