Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier Plasma Distribution Agreement with FFF Enterprises.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced that FFF (FreeForm Fabrication) See rapid manufacturing and 3D printing. Enterprises of Temecula, Calif., will continue to be distributor of all Premier plasma and recombinant products for the next five years. "Our plasma and recombinant products program is designed to ensure participating Premier members have access to these limited-supply products through an interactive allocation system," said Premier Pharmacy vice president Bryant Mangum, R.Ph. "Our priority is to make sure sufficient product is available to meet patient needs. Four Premier member committees looked at several distribution methods. Contracting with FFF Enterprises as our sole source distributor met the needs of the Premier membership." The Premier healthcare alliance initiated a new plasma and recombinant program earlier in 2006 to stabilize product availability and increase flexibility as well as help contain members' costs in a product area where tight supplies are prevalent. "The Premier plasma program along with FFF Enterprises, makes certain that unused portions of individual Premier member allocations go into a Premier pool which become available to other members who may have unmet needs," Mangum said. "Our group effort helps to protect product availability for all members." Premier members enrolled in the program receive preferential access to plasma-derived and recombinant products from all the major suppliers: Baxter Healthcare Corporation, BioScience Division; Grifols Biologicals, Inc.; Talecris Biotherapeutics; and ZLB ZLB Zero Length Body ZLB Zero Length Bit Behring. As Premier's authorized distributor, FFF Enterprises manages the supply and distribution of plasma and recombinant products. Plasma products are therapeutic proteins manufactured from human plasma (the liquid portion of blood) or recombinant processes (produced by genetic engineering). The purified proteins are used to manage serious conditions such as immune disorders; blood loss from trauma, burns and surgery as well as hemophilia and other coagulation disorders Coagulation Disorders Definition Coagulation disorders deal with disruption of the body's ability to control blood clotting. The most commonly known coagulation disorder is hemophilia, a condition in which patients bleed for long periods of time before . Products include albumin; intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG IVIG Intravenous immunoglobulin, see there ); hyperimmune globulin hyperimmune globulin An Ig concentrate with high titers of antibodies against an antigen of interest ; various coagulation factor coagulation factor n. See clotting factor. coagulation factor Blood clotting factor Hematology Any of a number of serum proteins–factors I-XIII, designated by Roman numerals, which act in a coordinated fashion products including Factor VIII factor VIII n. A factor in the clotting of blood, a deficiency of which is associated with hemophilia A. Also called antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, antihemophilic globulin A, and Factor IX; alpha-1 proteinase proteinase /pro·tein·ase/ (pro´ten-as?) endopeptidase. pro·tein·ase n. A protease that begins the hydrolytic breakdown of proteins usually by splitting them into polypeptide chains. inhibitor; antithrombin III; and biosurgery products. The 60-month agreement, effective January 1, 2007, is available to acute care and continuum of care markets. About Premier, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality recipient Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 43,000 other healthcare sites, Premier Inc. is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates the nation's largest healthcare purchasing network, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C. and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com. |
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