ASD Healthcare
AmerisourceBergen Specialty GroupASD Healthcare’s knowledge-driven approach makes it a partner of choice for albumin, immune globulins, hyperimmune globulins, antihemophilic factors, influenza vaccine and other specialty pharmaceutical products needed by health-system pharmacies and alternate-site practitioners.
When healthcare organizations turn to ASD Healthcare, they receive more than plasma derivative products and other specialty pharmaceuticals. They find guaranteed product integrity and instant product availability. They access more than a dozen years of unparalleled service to the industry and they gain a trusted partner who works to ensure that each order provides the right products at the right time and for the right price. Guaranteed Product IntegrityHealthcare organizations rely on ASD Healthcare because they know that the company continues to develop innovations that address the industry’s clinical and financial challenges. With new pedigree legislation in place or on the horizon throughout the country, healthcare organizations face a potential avalanche of paperwork to validate product safety. ASD Healthcare recognized this and has taken steps to relieve the burden. Rather than creating a paper pedigree to ship with each product, ASD Healthcare focused on its customer needs and developed a Web-based pedigree solution. In doing so, the company provides 100% lot tracking for all its products. “Pedigree is a complex and frustrating issue for our customers, full of uncertainty and continually changing requirements. ASD Healthcare’s solution takes all of these challenges and simplifies everything for our customers,” said Neil Herson, president of ASD Healthcare. “In the end, it’s all about making safe products available when patients need them most—something that we have expertly accomplished since 1994.” 
Indeed, the company ranks among the industry leaders in quality assurance through its Point2Point™ Delivery Control Process. This process guarantees product integrity by creating an unbroken chain of custody for all the company’s products. To guard against counterfeiting, ASD Healthcare purchases all of its pharmaceutical therapies directly from the manufacturer or the manufacturer’s exclusive distributor and sells them directly to customers. “Patient lives depend on our ability to provide safe products,” Mr. Herson said. “That’s why we’ve invested so much time and so many resources on our electronic pedigree solution and our Point2Point Delivery Control Process. We want our customers and their patients to know without a doubt that their medications are genuine and reliable.” Customized Distribution StrategiesThe nature of the specialty pharmaceutical industry lends itself to last-minute and emergency requests. That’s why ASD Healthcare has developed a national network of advanced distribution centers to provide overnight and same-day service to healthcare providers throughout the country. 
That’s also why ASD Healthcare created Cubixx℠, the first solution to provide a guaranteed supply of factor products and other lifesaving medications without tying up capital in inventory costs. With sizes that range from 5 to 56 cubic feet, Cubixx stocks a customer-specific inventory of products in an industry-leading medical refrigeration system. Each product comes labeled with an electronic radiofrequency identification tag. Using these tags, Cubixx continuously monitors inventory and invoices customers only for products used. Cubixx verifies temperature and product integrity. The product automatically requests restocking when inventory levels drop below customer preferences. “Essentially, Cubixx becomes an extension of our distribution centers into hospital emergency rooms and other healthcare facilities,” said David Richards, director of business operations for ASD Healthcare. “Healthcare organizations can access the products they need within seconds and simply pay for as much as they use. With Cubixx, ASD Healthcare continues its legacy of innovating the supply chain—and improving patient care.”
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