NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Webby Awards(R), the leading international awards group for Web sites, today named ParkinsonsHealth.com as the Best Pharmaceutical Web site of 2005. The site is produced by Intouch Solutions of Overland Park, Kan., and is a collaborative effort of Teva Neuroscience, Inc., and Eisai Inc., two companies who have formed a long-term strategic alliance in the U.S. to offer a new treatment option for people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD).
The Web site http://www.ParkinsonsHealth.com offers a variety of resources to empower people living with PD with knowledge about the disease and strategies for managing it. Designed to provide patients and caregivers with tips and tools for living with PD, ParkinsonsHealth.com offers extensive information about symptoms. The site also includes animations illustrating how PD symptoms affect the body -- making some of even the most technical aspects of PD simple to understand. Among other benefits, the site offers patients and caregivers an opportunity to approach PD in a proactive way.
“A key component to being actively involved in managing PD is the access to timely information,” said Lucy Hutchison, Associate Director of Marketing for Eisai Inc. “We are honored to receive this award, which confirms our shared commitment to providing the highest quality of PD resources to patients and caregivers.”
Winning a Webby Award is an unparalleled accolade recognizing the very best of the Internet. With over 4,300 sites entered from all 50 states and over 40 countries, Webby winners truly represent the best of the Web.
The Webby Awards are determined by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization with a membership that includes musician David Bowie, The Body Shop(TM) president Anita Roddick, The Simpsons(R) creator Matt Groening, RealNetworks, Inc. CEO Rob Glaser, and fashion designer Max Azria.
Winners will be honored at The 9th Annual Webby Awards, which will be held for the first time in New York City on June 6th at the legendary Gotham Hall. Hosted by comedian Rob Corrdry of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the ceremony will showcase the first-ever Webby Special Achievement Awards.
In recognition of the pivotal role he has played in the development of the Internet over the past three decades, The Webby Awards will present former Vice President Al Gore with The Webby Lifetime Achievement Award.
Other presenters and honorees include: Craig Newmark, founder of CRAIGSLIST(R); the Kleptones, online music innovators; and the Spiridellis brothers, JibJab(R) founders and digital filmmaking pioneers.
More than 400 luminaries from the fields of media, advertising, business, technology, entertainment, politics, and the arts will be in attendance at the event.
“The 9th Annual Webby Awards provide both a remarkable snapshot of digital life today and a powerful sneak preview of where we are going next,” said Tiffany Shlain, creative director and chairperson of The Webby Awards. “We’re proud to shine a spotlight on outstanding sites like ParkinsonsHealth.com.”
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a degenerative disorder of the brain that usually initially affects people between the ages of 40 and 70 and affects approximately 1 million Americans. Symptoms can include tremors, stiffness, slowness of movement, and impaired balance.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. , headquartered in Israel, is among the top 25 pharmaceutical companies and among the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in the world. The company develops, manufactures, and markets generic and innovative human pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Close to 90 percent of Teva’s sales are in North America and Europe. Teva’s innovative R&D focuses on developing novel drugs for diseases of the central nervous system.
Teva Neuroscience, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Eisai Inc. is a US pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., a research-based human health care (hhc) company that discovers, develops and markets products in more than 30 countries. Eisai focuses its efforts in three therapeutic areas: neurology, gastrointestinal disorders and oncology/critical care. Established in 1995, Eisai Inc. began marketing its first product in the United States in 1997 and has rapidly grown to become an integrated pharmaceutical business with sales of approximately $2 billion in fiscal year 2004 (year ended March 31, 2005).
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Teva Neuroscience, Inc.
CONTACT: Pat Donohue of Eisai Inc., +1-201-287-2978,patricia_donohue@eisai.com , or Warren Dudley of Fleishman-Hillard Inc.,+1-816-512-2381, dudleyw@fleishman.com
