AmerisourceBergen
USINFO | 2013-08-02 09:55
AmerisourceBergen Corporation |
|
Type |
Public |
Traded as |
NYSE: ABC
S&P 500 Component |
Industry |
Pharmaceuticals |
Founded |
Merger between AmeriSource Health and Bergen Brunswig in 2001 |
Headquarters |
Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania,U.S. |
Area served |
North America
United Kingdom |
Key people |
Richard C. Gozon
(Chairman)
Steven H. Collis
(President), (CEO) & (Director) |
Products |
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacyservices |
Revenue |
US$ 79.49 billion (2012)[1] |
Operating income |
US$ 1.253 billion (2012)[1] |
Net income |
US$ 719.0 million (2012)[1] |
Total assets |
US$ 15.44 billion (2012)[1] |
Total equity |
US$ 2,457 billion (2012)[1] |
Employees |
14,500 (Sept 2012)[1] |
Website |
AmerisourceBergen.com |
AmerisourceBergen Corporation is a Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania baseddrug wholesale company that was formed by the merger of Bergen Brunswig and AmeriSource in 2001.
[2]They provide drug distribution and related services designed to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes, distribute a line of brand name and generic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter (OTC) health care products and home health care supplies and equipment to a wide variety of health care providers located throughout theUnited States, including acute carehospitals and health systems, independent and chain retailpharmacies, mail-order facilities,physicians, clinics and other alternate site facilities, as well as skilled nursing and assisted livingcenters. They also provide pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to long-term care, workers' compensation and specialty drug patients. It is a market leader in pharmaceutical distribution and ranked 27th on the Fortune 500 list for 2011 with over $80 Billion in annual revenue,
[3] a rank which had slipped to 32 by 2013.
[4] In terms of revenue (80.2 billion in 2011) the firm is the largest based in Pennsylvania.
[5]
History
In 1997, in competition between Cardinal Health and McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health has planned to purchase Bergen, to which McKesson responded with a bid to purchase Amerisource. Instead, Amerisource and Bergen merged into AmerisourceBergen.
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