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To: Bram12345 who wrote (32759)	3/3/2000 9:01:00 AM
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Applies to -- AWWC Access Worldwide Ships 20 Million Sample Units From Pharmaceutical Fulfillment Center in 1999 Company Increases Number of Sent Units by Over 33% in Record Breaking Year Access Worldwide Ships 20 Million Sample Units From Pharmaceutical Fulfillment Center in 1999 Company Increases Number of Sent Units by Over 33% in Record Breaking Year BOCA RATON, Fla., Mar 3, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Access Worldwide Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: AWWC), a leading marketing services organization, today announced that the company shipped 20 million sample units to physicians and medical personnel from its sample fulfillment center in 1999. This amount is an increase of more than 33% from the previous year and a record for the company. Access Worldwide maintains the nation's largest outsourced Drug Enforcement Administration approved sample fulfillment center located in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. Access Worldwide operates a state-of-the-art distribution center that ships drugs and product literature to medical personnel on behalf of pharmaceutical companies. Access Worldwide's single-loop system validates all requests for drugs using state licenses, American Medical Association and Drug Enforcement Administration databases. Valid shipping manifests and labels are generated as the company picks, packs and ships samples to targeted medical practitioners. Follow-up letters are produced, driven by an automatic reject system. The system processes and stores Acknowledgements of Delivery, closing the sample fulfillment loop. Returned products are quarantined and processed for destruction. A destruction acknowledgement closes the returned goods loop. A recent audit completed in January 2000 found zero defaults and zero unaccounted for sample shipments. Robert Regazzi, Chief Operating Officer of Access Worldwide's sample fulfillment and database management center stated, "During the past year, we have focused a significant amount of time and resources improving and upgrading our sample fulfillment center, including the opening of a third warehouse. It is clear that our efforts have been successful with 20 million sample shipments in one year. I am excited by our momentum." Access Worldwide provides outsourced sales, marketing and medical education services to more than 100 clients in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications, financial services and consumer products industries. The company designs and delivers innovative, data-driven sales and marketing solutions that maximize clients' sales and profits. The company has particular expertise in reaching key pharmaceutical audiences-physicians, pharmacists and patients-and targeted consumer groups. Access Worldwide's resources include proprietary databases of targeted consumers, physicians and pharmacies; strategic planning and market research services; medical education; medical meetings management; medical publications; inbound and outbound teleservices in 15 different languages; electronic territory management systems (ETMS); and Drug Enforcement Administration approved drug sample fulfillment and direct mail capabilities. Additionally, the company has significant information technology and Internet solutions capabilities. Access Worldwide has over 1,600 employees and representatives in offices throughout the United States. This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risk and uncertainty. Access Worldwide's actual results could differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements due to various factors which are outside the company's control, such as a reliance on a limited number of major customers, the need for growth management, acquisition risk, competition, industry consolidation, potential consumer saturation, and the uncertainty as to whether the company will be able to restructure its debt with its banks. For a more detailed discussion of these factors and others, see the risk factors section of Access Worldwide's Annual Report filed on Form 10-K. SOURCE Access Worldwide Communications, Inc. (C) 2000 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com -0- CONTACT: Andrea Greenan, Director, Investor Relations & Communications, of Access Worldwide Communications, Inc., 703-841-1110 or andrea@accessww.com KEYWORD: Florida New Jersey INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MTC URL: accessww.com