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Second take on short-supply drug markups exonerates distributors
Rep. Elijah Cummings may have overstated alleged "gray market" price-gouging for drugs in short supply and done a public disservice to small distributors, according to Superior Medical Supply, one of
Cardinal and McKesson positive, upbeat on financials
Drug distributors Cardinal Health ( $CAH ) and McKesson ( $MCK ) each reported positive financials for the last fiscal quarter and say they are upbeat about the future. Cardinal credits its generics
Distributor plans to excise supply chain links
Too many parties stand between drug manufacturers and patients, increasing costs while adding no value, said Cynthia LaConte, CEO at Dohmen. And she's doing something about it, one acquisition at a
McKesson goes all out on MS distribution center
Big 3 drug distributor McKesson says it's made the largest investment in its history: a $120 million distribution facility on a 67-acre site in the Olive Branch, MS. The 647,000 square-foot facility
Specialty drugs come to Big Pharma's rescue
Specialty drugs are in the news again this week. A Reuters report quotes Sanofi CEO Chris Viehbacher ( photo ) as saying the mass market for drugs "is really starting to disappear." That's very likely
Big 3 distribs hold big pharma survival clues
Speaking of business transformation [ see related story ], an op-ed writer in Forbes says that behavior of the big three drug distributors may model behavior that big pharma can adopt during these
Specialty distributor skillset quantified
New research shows that specialty drug distributors save the healthcare industry $3.5 billion compared with the cost projected when manufacturers and healthcare providers do the job. The savings
ABC, Cardinal see growth in specialty pharma
AmerisourceBergen CEO-in waiting Steve Collis, likely successor in July to the retiring Dave Yost, sees a future in staying the course with a focus on specialty distribution and generics. Specialty
The Big 3 Distributors
The Big 3 drug wholesalers in the U.S.--AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health--are enjoying a financial boost this year thanks to the growing use of generic drugs. That's a bus they hope to
McKesson eyes automation for distribution center
McKesson US Pharmaceutical will open a distribution center in Caroline County, VA. A local press report says plans call for a 340,000-square-foot center requiring a $50 million investment. The
