American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. Selects ASI's Comprehensive Suite of Pharmaceutical Sales & Marketing Solutions.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2004 Today ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. Business Solutions Inc. the pioneers of Precision Intelligence(TM) formally announced that American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :APPX APPX Appendix APPX Application eXcellence (4GL software development tool) ) has selected ASI to provide their Abraxis Oncology sales group with a highly actionable and holistic business performance management system. Some of the major components included in this system are ASI's own solutions for sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. (ASI Reward(TM)), business intelligence (ASI Inquire(TM)), knowledge management (e-PharmaToday(TM)), incentive compensation (ASI Compensation Assistant(TM)), and territory realignment (ASI Realignment Manager(TM)). Additionally, ASI will be providing APP with a comprehensive set of complementary support services including systems hosting, help desk, technical and operations support. "We needed a system that provided much more intelligence and functionality than offered by the traditional pharmaceutical SFA See sales force automation. SFA - Sales Force Automation vendors. Also we wanted to work with a vendor who had an impeccable record in building and supporting solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. After a long and exhaustive review, ASI clearly demonstrated that their people and solutions were the right choice for APP to partner with," said Jane Gibbs, National Sales Director of Abraxis Oncology, a division of APP. "Unlike other sales force automation solutions that merely record activities and include nominal reporting and analysis capabilities, ASI provides today's rapidly growing number of entrepreneurial sales consultants with an arsenal of tightly integrated, powerful and highly actionable business management tools designed to alert, inform, motivate and guide," said Jim Alonso President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ASI. "We are very proud and excited to support the needs of APP's Abraxis Oncology sales group as they prepare to launch this revolutionary product to fight metastatic breast cancer." About American Pharmaceutical Partners. American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (APP) is a specialty drug company that develops, manufactures and markets injectable pharmaceutical products, focusing on the oncology, anti-infective and critical care markets. APP has acquired the exclusive North American rights to manufacture and market ABRAXANE(TM), a proprietary nanoparticle injectable oncology product that has completed Phase III clinical trials for metastatic breast cancer and for which the FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. has granted "Fast Track" designation. APP and American BioScience, Inc. (ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. ) announced this week the submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval to manufacture and market ABRAXANE in the United States. The company believes that it has established the only commercial scale protein-engineered nanoparticle manufacturing capability in the United States. For more information, visit APP's website at www.appdrugs.com. About ASI Since 1990, ASI www.asi-solutions.com has been designing and delivering cutting edge solutions for Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing organizations. Their knowledge, experience and devotion to designing the best solutions have kept their loyal customers ahead of the competition. ASI prides itself on innovation and truly delivering solutions that address the business needs of their customers. |
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