Santa Monica, Calif., May 19, 2009 -- Reprints Desk, Inc., the content workflow company, today announced the availability of Reprints NRx for the Force.com AppExchange from salesforce.com. Built using the Force.com platform, Reprints NRx for the AppExchange is a procurement service that enables buyers in healthcare marketing and communications, sales, product management, and medical affairs, to request quotes and place orders for reprints of peer-reviewed articles from within Salesforce CRM.
Buyers of article reprints use them in promotions and in educational programs. Salesforce CRM customers and prospects can deploy and test drive Reprints NRx for the Force.com AppExchange and also watch a video demonstration, download an informational datasheet, and view screenshots, specifications and other information by visiting the Force.com AppExchange from salesforce.com online at www.salesforce.com/appexchange.
"Reprints of peer-reviewed research add significant value to marketing and educational efforts in life sciences-oriented industries," said John Blossom, President and Senior Analyst at Shore Communications, Inc. "The Reprints NRx service for the Force.com AppExchange enables sales and marketing professionals in life sciences to order and to track the distribution of high-quality custom reproductions of these materials as a direct part of their workflow in the Force.com platform. With this service it's easy to leverage the full value of life sciences reprints as collateral that can educate clients and prospects."
Reprints Desk, established in 2006, is a leading provider of reprint, eprint, and permission services (www.researchsolutions.com) to companies in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, medical devices, and healthcare communications. On March 2, 2009, the company launched Reprints GPO, the group purchasing software service designed to help companies and their global affiliates to save money by aggregating individual scientific and medical article reprints.
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About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk, Inc., is a content technology and services company that simplifies how life science companies and other enterprises procure, manage and share scientific journal articles and other copyright-protected content. The company's workflow solutions and end user tools help customers effectively use peer-reviewed literature in product promotions, regulatory submissions, and research. A channel supplier for more than 100 scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishers, Reprints Desk currently serves more than half of the world's Top-50 pharmaceutical companies and earned the #1 ranking in the 2008 Document Delivery Vendor Scorecard by Outsell, Inc. Reprints Desk is a Derycz Scientific company.
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