New alliance/partnership

HEALTHPOINT, MedAssets HSCA Ink Three-Year Group Purchasing Agreement.

Deal Includes HEALTHPOINT’s Brush-Free Surgical Scrub,Triseptin®

Concerns: alliance/partnership
Released on: 26-Nov-2002

Type:

- Bio
- OTC (over the counter drugs)
- Pharmaceuticals / Therapeutics
- Prescription drugs (Rx)

Therapeutic target:

- Aging
- Cardiovascular
- Dermatology
- Epidemiology
- Geriatrics
- Infectious Diseases
- Pain
- Surgery
- Transplant
- Urology

Concerns the following market:
- United States of America

Full Description:
(Fort Worth, TX) --- Joseph Santoro, Senior Director of Healthcare Systems at HEALTHPOINT, Ltd., has announced that MedAssets HSCA, Inc., the largest independent group purchasing organization in the nation, has awarded HEALTHPOINT a three-year purchasing agreement for a host of HEALTHPOINT products, including the preoperative skin asepsis product Triseptin, The Brush-Free Scrub™.

Under the agreement, Triseptin will be available to MedAssets HSCA members through medical/surgical distributors. The agreement is the first between the two companies.

“This agreement allows MedAssets members access to HEALTHPOINT products, like Triseptin, at advantageous prices, yielding substantial savings for hospitals and new revenue growth for HEALTHPOINT,” said Mr. Santoro.

MedAssets HSCA, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is the largest independent group purchasing organization in the country, serving more than 16,000 healthcare providers nationwide with purchasing power approaching $7 billion in gross throughput. For more information about MedAssets HSCA, contact Gary Johnson, Vice President for Marketing and Marketing Services at gjohnson@medassets.com.

Since its inception in 1992, HEALTHPOINT has established a national presence in the research, development, and marketing of branded pharmaceuticals, over the counter drugs, and medical devices for infection prevention, tissue management, and dermatology. HEALTHPOINT, with over 200 employees, is a DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc. affiliate company.

HEALTHPOINT has headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, with an additional office in Canada. Visit HEALTHPOINT’s web site at www.healthpoint.com.
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  Contact for this news release: Jay Nisbet