New BIOCOM PG Supplier UPS

Starting January 2010 BIOCOM members can now save up to 33% off UPS Express air and international shipments and up to 18% off UPS Ground shipments. All this with the peace of mind that comes from using the carrier that delivers outstanding reliability, greater speed, more service, and innovative technology. UPS guarantees delivery of more packages around the world than anyone, and delivers more packages overnight on time in the US than any other carrier.

Members currently enrolled in the UPS Savings Program must re-enroll to take advantage of this new exclusive offer.

UPS has more ways to ship and can be the one source to meet your unique logistics needs.

UPS understands healthcare logistics and can give you single-source management of transportation and freight shipping throughout the delivery process. And with flexible transportation options, you can rely on their vast global network to meet your demands. Whether its package or freight, ground, ocean, or air, UPS can meet your needs.

UPS also has specialized services to meet your needs.

Shipments of time- and temperature-sensitive materials require extraordinary attention to detail--and often, a service that's tailored specifically for our healthcare customers. UPS offers a range of specialized services for biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device manufacturers that are built on a dependable supply chain network, enhanced by 24/7 monitoring tools and service.

For more information on BIOCOM pricing please contact Jeff Walsingham at 866.442.6093x2045 or by email

jwalsingham@ups.com.

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PR Newswire Introduces Social Media Metrics

The rise of social media has given the general public unprecedented influence in building a brand or destroying a reputation. Blogs, social networks, online video - these media forums can have as much (or more) of an impact on a company or organization as an article in a newspaper or a segment on TV.

PR Newswire’s Social Media Metrics lets you stay on top of posts that are important to your business by monitoring over 20 million blogs, 5 million forums posts per day, and 30,000 online news sources, social media networks, and microblogs, including Twitter.

Listen to what's being said online about your company, spokespeople, clients and competitors.
Report your findings by performing real-time searches and exporting customizable charts.
Target the most influential sources and weed through the "noise."
Identify key demographics of those discussing your brand.
Engage in the conversation and be ready to respond at a moment's notice.
Analyze the tone of conversations surrounding your brand by scoring all mentions for positive, negative or neutral sentiment

Contact Jane Booth for more information at Jane.Booth@prnewswire.com

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Premier Supplier Mission3 offers a New “Smart” Tool Regulatory Publishing

This new release continues to strengthen the pillars of Program Delivery with a strong focus on Global Regulatory Submission Management. Mission3 OnDemand tightly integrates a comprehensive set of tools - Document Management; Global Regulatory Submission Management and Tracking; Project Management, Virtual Data Room, and Collaborative Authoring – that can be used across the entire span of a Life Science company, in order to move compounds from proof of concepts through clinical trials to commercialization or partnership.

For more information about BIOCOM pricing and how Mission3 can help your company please contact Chris Joslin at 602-957-2150 ext. 508 or by email at cjoslin@mission3.com

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Sharp Imaging received the 2009 “Line of the Year” Award from Buyers Laboratory, Inc.

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, received the 2009 “Line of the Year” Award from Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI), the leading global provider of information and testing services to the digital imaging industry. BLI’s “Line of the Year” is awarded once a year to the vendor whose product line is determined to be the best overall based on its cumulative test results in BLI’s rigorous two-month laboratory evaluation. Among the many factors considered are reliability, image quality, productivity, ease of use, scanning, a host of connectivity attributes and overall value. Also considered is the breadth of each vendor’s line.

In addition to winning “Line of the Year” for the second time in three years, Sharp has received these other honors:

  • MX-M283N (Outstanding 21- to 30-PPM Monochrome MFP)
  • MX-M363 (Outstanding 31- to 40-PPM Monochrome MFP)
  • MX-M453 and MX-M503 (Outstanding 41- to 50-PPM Monochrome MFPs)
  • A4 Product Awards are not yet Announced

In total, Sharp’s A3 MFPs have earned eight “Picks” this year, covering the entire spectrum of color and monochrome. According to BLI, Sharp’s current A3 product line offers a total of 17 “Pick of the Year Award” winners, more than any other copier vendor!

For more information on BIOCOM pricing available through Sharp please contact Frank Schultz 619-258-1400 x1142 or by email Frank.Schultz@sharpusa.com

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New Discounts for BIOCOM Members

BIOCOM Purchasing Group is excited to announce a new value added savings from Primary Supplier, Shred-it San Diego and their partner, E-World Recyclers to provide BIOCOM members with discounts on the assured destruction and recycling of documents, data and electronics.

The new partnership will now expand Shred-it’s offering of onsite document destruction to include the ability to help BIOCOM members dispose of electronics, hard drives and data. All electronic waste in destroyed in a secured and environmentally friendly manner providing protection of proprietary, confidential or sensitive information.

For more information on how your company can benefit from these savings please contact Gary Bertolino with SHRED-IT San Diego at 760-598-5700 or Sheree Tweddell with E-World Recyclers at 760-599-0888 x203.

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PG Contracts and Contacts


Contracts and Contacts

Contact/Email

Phone

Airgas Tom Cole

619.843.6928

BioSurplus Jackie Townsend

858.550.0800 x213

Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Willie Taylor

619.525.8061

Harlan Sprague Dawley Davina Heller

858.952.4114

Innovative Lease Services Andrew Nere

508.224.5530

Mission3 Dirk Beth

866.297.2841

Monitor Liability Managers David Aller

847.806.6590 x502

Office Depot Donna Kimball

858.352.0452

PR Newswire Jane Booth

858.720.0337

Prudential Cleanroom Services Rosa Vasquez

323.722.0636

RetirementDNA Dana Tennis

866.799.9831

Sharp Business Systems (formerly Aztec Imaging) Dale Wedge

619.258.1400

Shred-it Gary Bertolino

760.598.5700

Tech Depot Pete DiGennaro

800.625.9866 x7322

VWR International Pete Frey

760.599.0892

UPS Jeff Walsingham

866.442.6093x2045

Wells Fargo (formerly ABD Insurance & Financial Services) Mark Coulombe

760.931.3503

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