LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABBI), an integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the company, was among this year’s 100 recipients of the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Honorees this year included Her Excellency Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa (President – General Assembly, United Nations), Denis A. Cortese, M.D. (President and Chief Executive Officer - Mayo Clinic), Hon. Chuck Hagel (U. S. Senator), Rep. Tom Lantos ((U.S. Congressman) and Antonio M. Perez (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Eastman Kodak Company). The award presentation took place at Ellis Island on May 12, 2007 and the ceremony concluded with a fireworks display at the Statue of Liberty.
