Aventis Pasteur's Newly Enhanced E-Commerce Web Site Offers Healthcare Professionals New Tools for Purchasing Vaccines On-Line, Extensive Vaccine Information.Business Editors and Medical/Health Writers SWIFTWATER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001 Aventis Pasteur, a world leader in vaccines, announces the debut of its newly enhanced electronic commerce web site, VaccineShoppe.com. The site now provides healthcare professionals expanded on-line vaccine ordering features including customer account management tools and extensive vaccine information resources. For the first time, Aventis Pasteur customers can perform all the ordering functions on-line that they can obtain through personal contact. New features of the company's improved web site are based on customer feedback and include updated account services, which allow users to set-up an account on-line, giving them ordering access and the ability to view account receivable account receivable Any amount owed to a business as the result of a purchase of goods or services from it on a credit basis. Although the firm making the sale receives no written promise of payment, it enters the amount due as a current asset in its books. statements in addition to tracking the status of vaccine orders. Furthermore, the web site now offers links to vaccine information web sites, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation ), to assist immunization immunization: see immunity; vaccination. providers in providing disease and vaccine information to their patients. VaccineShoppe.com has a new design offering users greater efficiency and faster navigation and the customer services section provides detailed contact information and answers to frequently asked questions. "We are very pleased to provide our customers with the user-friendly format featuring enhancements that make ordering vaccines and accessing vaccine-related information faster and easier," said Wayne Pisano, senior vice president, marketing and sales at Aventis Pasteur. VaccineShoppe.com, introduced last year, has quickly become a preferred way for healthcare professionals to order vaccines from Aventis Pasteur. In addition to its new features, the site continues to provide 24-hour, interactive, automated on-line services that include immediate product pricing confirmation and access to complete prescribing information for all Aventis Pasteur vaccines and products. Customers are able to view a detailed status report of their accounts at any time. The web site also includes extensive disease information, immunization guidelines and tools for healthcare professionals to support reimbursements. Healthcare professionals interested in using the service can register on-line at www.VaccineShoppe.com or by calling Aventis Pasteur at 1-800-VACCINE (822-2463). Aventis (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVE), a world leader in pharmaceuticals and agriculture, is dedicated to improving life through the discovery and development of innovative products. In 2000, Aventis generated group sales of $20.6 billion and employed around 92,500 people in its Pharma and Agriculture businesses. Aventis announced in November 2000 that it intends to focus on pharmaceuticals and plans to divest its activities in agriculture. Aventis was launched in December 1999 through the merger of Hoechst AG of Germany and Rhone-Poulenc SA of France. Corporate headquarters are in Strasbourg, France. For more information, please visit: www.aventis.com Aventis Pasteur, a world leader in vaccines with the broadest range of products, produces more than one billion doses of vaccines every year to immunize im·mu·nize v. 1. To render immune. 2. To produce immunity in, as by inoculation. im 400 million people around the world. Aventis Pasteur, headquartered in Lyon, France, is one of the pharmaceutical activities of Aventis SA. Aventis Pasteur Inc. is located in Swiftwater, PA, and is owned by Aventis Pasteur SA. Aventis Pasteur Inc. provides the broadest range of human vaccines and biologicals commercially available from any single U.S. vaccine company. It is a leading supplier of vaccines to protect against influenza, diphtheria diphtheria (dĭfthēr`ēə), acute contagious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Klebs-Loffler bacillus) bacteria that have been infected by a bacteriophage. It begins as a soreness of the throat with fever. , tetanus, pertussis pertussis: see whooping cough. , polio, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever, Haemophilus influenzae type b Haemophilus influenzae type b n. Abbr. Hib A gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Haemophilus that is found in the human respiratory tract and causes acute respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, and other diseases, disease, meningitis, rabies, and typhoid fever typhoid fever acute, generalized infection caused by Salmonella typhi. The main sources of infection are contaminated water or milk and, especially in urban communities, food handlers who are carriers. . Statements in this news release other than historical information are forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially depending on factors such as the availability of resources, the timing and effects of regulatory actions, the strength of competition, the outcome of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and the effectiveness of patent protection. Additional information regarding risks and uncertainties is set forth in the current Annual Report on Form 20-F of Aventis on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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