December 28, 2006
IVIG Supply Index represents FFF's aggregate inventory of all IVIG products for our customers who have established product allocations with us. Red represents 21 days supply or less, yellow is 22 to 29 days, green is 30 days supply or more.

Red represents 21 days supply or less, yellow is 22 to 29 days, green is 30 days supply or more.

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PDMA Guidance for Industry

While implementation of the pedigree requirement in the PDMA is held up in court, it might prove helpful to read the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current thinking about the Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) requirements for industry.

The Introduction reads as follows:

The Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 (PDMA), amended by the Prescription Drug Amendments of 1992 (PDA), requires, among other things, that certain wholesalers provide a statement (also known as a pedigree) prior to each wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. This guidance provides questions and answers relating to the requirements set forth in 21 CFR Parts 203 and 205, and other Parts related to the PDMA.

FDA’s guidance documents, including this guidance, do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidances describe the Agency’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited. The use of the word "should" in Agency guidances means that something is suggested or recommended, but not required.

To read the full document, click here.

 




FFF Enterprises Launches 2007-2008 Flu Vaccine Ordering January 4

MyFluVaccine.com enables healthcare providers to secure their vaccine supplies and delivery dates.


FFF Enterprises is pleased to 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 providers of worries over scheduling vaccine clinics, frantic searches for product, and frustrated 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, a 2006 season MyFluVaccine customer. “…You 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.

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


BioSupply Trends is published by FFF Enterprises, the nation's most trusted distributor of biopharmaceuticals, plasma products and vaccines. FFF Enterprises is accelerating the availability of products, from development to delivery. Click here to contact FFF Enterprises or call 800-843-7477.

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