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FFF Enterprises Launches 2007-2008 Flu Vaccine Ordering January 4.


FFF's MyFluVaccine Program Enables Healthcare Providers to Secure Their Vaccine Supplies and Delivery Dates

TEMECULA, Calif. -- FFF (FreeForm Fabrication) See rapid manufacturing and 3D printing.  Enterprises Inc., the nation's largest distributor of influenza vaccines influenza vaccine Flu vaccine A vaccine recommended for those at high risk for serious complications from influenza: > age 65; Pts with chronic diseases of heart, lung or kidneys, DM, immunosuppression, severe anemia, nursing home and other chronic-care  and human plasma products, announced today the company will begin accepting 2007 influenza vaccine orders on January 4. FFF will again offer its unique MyFluVaccine online program as well as its traditional ordering program. To accommodate all U.S. time zones, MyFluVaccine.com ordering will begin at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

MyFluVaccine relieves flu vaccine


    The flu vaccine is a vaccine to protect against the highly variable influenza virus.

    The annual flu kills an estimated 36,000 people in the United States.
     providers of worries over scheduling vaccine clinics, frantic searches for product, and frustrated frus·trate  
    tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates
    1.
    a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart:
     patients seeking their seasonal flu shots. At MyFluVaccine.com, providers place their vaccine orders, select their preferred delivery dates, and secure them with a 10 percent prepayment.

    "The success of MyFluVaccine this year reinforces the importance of having a reliable flu supply, which requires an ordering system and supply channel that healthcare providers can trust," said Patrick M. Schmidt, FFF's president and chief executive officer. "Our ability to deliver vaccine on the dates providers selected - and sometimes even earlier - has received rave reviews from our customers."

    Unlike the traditional flu vaccine supply channel, MyFluVaccine eliminates the uncertainty of how much vaccine providers will receive and when. More than 98 percent of FFF's MyFluVaccine customers received 100 percent of their vaccine orders on or before the delivery dates they selected.

    "Memorial Health was extremely pleased, impressed and satisfied with the entire flu vaccine ordering process implemented by FFF Enterprises," said Brooke Parris of Memorial Health University Physicians in Savannah, Georgia Savannah is a city located in (and the county seat of) Chatham County, Georgia (USA). The city's population was 128,500 in 2005, according to the most recent U.S. Census estimate. Savannah was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia. , a 2006 season MyFluVaccine customer. "OYou have a truly satisfied customer who will definitely remain a loyal customer," Parris concluded.

    To date, FFF has distributed nearly 17 million doses of flu vaccine for the current 2006 season, holding more than 30 percent of the flu vaccine distribution market.

    FFF is well-known in the biopharmaceutical industry for its Guaranteed Channel Integrity, which dictates that FFF buys vaccine only from manufacturers and ships only to healthcare providers, protecting the vaccine and patients from the risks of product diversion, counterfeiting counterfeiting, manufacturing spurious coins, paper money, or evidences of governmental obligation (e.g., bonds) in the semblance of the true. There must be sufficient resemblance to the genuine article to deceive a person using ordinary caution.  and irresponsible pricing.

    For more information, visit www.MyFluVaccine.com or call 800-843-7477.

    About FFF Enterprises

    FFF Enterprises, founded in 1988, is a multidimensional mul·ti·di·men·sion·al  
    adj.
    Of, relating to, or having several dimensions.



    multi·di·men
     healthcare company, delivering innovative solutions in biopharmaceutical management and distribution, health information management and consumer healthcare services. FFF is the nation's largest supplier of biopharmaceuticals, plasma products, vaccines and clinical trial drugs. Customers of FFF's four divisions include members of the leading U.S. acute care and non-acute care group purchasing organizations A group purchasing organization is an entity that leverages the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees that are actually paid by the vendors. , public health agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, contract research organizations, managed healthcare and consumers.

    FFF's unique distribution business model has institutionalized in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize  
    tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es
    1.
    a. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to.

    b.
     Guaranteed Channel Integrity[TM], which reflects the company's commitment to purchase only from manufacturers and ship only to healthcare providers. This protects products from secondary and gray markets and promotes patient safety.
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