Rx Distribution Sector Marked by Consolidation, Globalization
By Hamacher Resource Group for Chain Drug Review 
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June 5, 2011 – Health care distributors, or drug wholesalers as they are sometimes called, are an essential link in the health care supply chain. Distributors manage the warehousing, logistics and efficiencies to ensure that products required by their customers will be available in a safe and timely manner for the patients and consumers they serve.

Three major, publicly traded health care distributors — Ameri­sourceBergen Corp., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp. — account for about 90% of the revenue within the U.S. pharmaceutical sector. There are also . . .read full story 

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