SYMBION'S healthcare legacy took centre stage at a gala celebrating 180 years of healthcare excellence for one of Australia's leading providers of end-to-end solutions for pharmacy and hospital customers.
More than 100 guests, including Pharmacy Guild of Australia President Trent Twomey and South Australia's Chief Pharmacist Naomi Burgess, together with past and present Symbion employees and customers, came together at the National Wine Centre of Australia in Adelaide to commemorate Symbion's legacy, which stretches back to 19 May 1845, when Francis Hardy Faulding opened a retail pharmacy in Adelaide.
Operatic soprano Greta Bradman performed at the event, paying tribute to the company's connection to Australian cricketer, the late Sir Donald Bradman - her grandfather - who was a director of FH Faulding and Co, now Symbion.
"There are a few Australian companies whose origins pre-date Symbion's, but in the realm of healthcare we truly stand apart in how we have positively impacted generations of Australians," said Symbion CEO Brett Barons.
"Alongside our wonderful people, what gives me the greatest pride is knowing that every medicine we distribute, every pharmacy and hospital we support and with every investment in our people and our technology, we make a difference to health outcomes and the communities we serve.
"It's been an honour to be given the opportunity to lead a business founded in my hometown."
Barons said that around one in three of all medicines consumed in Australia daily have ultimately passed through one of Symbion's nine warehouses nationally, which coordinate deliveries of over 16,500 product lines to nearly 4,000 retail pharmacy customers and 1,300 hospital customers.
Pictured: Brett Barons, Symbion CEO; Naomi Burgess, South Australian Chief Pharmacist.
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