Consecutive Accreditation-Financial Results-Joint Commission-Clinical Quality-Medical Clinics

CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic Is First Retail Clinic Provider to Earn Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission for Three Consecutive Accreditation Periods

WOONSOCKET, R.I., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on its established record for clinical quality, MinuteClinic, the walk-in medical clinics inside CVS/pharmacy, has become the first retail clinic provider to achieve three consecutive accreditation awards from The Joint... read more..

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China Nepstar Chain Drugstore to Report Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results on August 23, 2012

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NYSE: NPD) ("China Nepstar" or the "Company"), the largest drugstore chain in China based on the number of directly operated stores, announced today that the Company will report its second... read more..

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IBA Molecular y Piramal Imaging firman un acuerdo para el nuevo agente de imagen amiloide F-18

- IBA Molecular fabricará y distribuirá 18F-Florbetaben en Europa y Estados Unidos
DULLES, Virginia y BOMBAY, la India, 6 de agosto de 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBA Molecular y Piramal Imaging SA (Piramal) han anunciado un acuerdo a través del cual IBA Molecular fabricará y... read more..

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Amerisourcebergen-Acquisition Binge-Transport Company-Cash Acquisition-World Courier

AmerisourceBergen buys another pharmaceutical services company

Drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen ($ABC) is extending its acquisition binge, this time with the $520 million cash acquisition of World Courier Group.The Stamford, CT-based World Courier is a logistics and transport company that already serves the biopharmaceutical industry. It has more than 135 offices, a dozen storage depots and 2,500 employees around the world. The company projects $500 million in revenues this year. World Courier President Wayne B. Heyland will continue to run the company."World Courier adds a new premium specialty service to our existing portfolio of market leading pharmaceutical manufacturer services," AmerisourceBergen CEO Steven H. Collis said in a statement.  The acquisition, which is expected to close in the third quarter ending June 30, is projected to have no effect on earnings in 2012 and add from 6 cents to 10 cents a share to AmerisourceBergen's bottom line in 2013.AmerisourceBergen last year made a number of acquisitions that expanded its services, including the $250 million acquisition of patient access and reimbursement services company TheraCom from CVS Caremark. It also acquired oncology data analysis specialist IntrinsiQ, and consultancy Premier Source.- read the releaseSpecial Report: The Big 3 DistributorsRelated Articles:
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