Walgreens Boots Alliance and AmerisourceBergen earlier this month took the next but far from final step in their long-standing partnership, when the former agreed to sell the latter most of Alliance Healthcare. Valued at some $6.5 billion, the deal will bring AmerisourceBergen’s pharmaceutical distribution and health care solutions business to 13 countries, mostly in Europe,
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — AmerisourceBergen announced that it reached another milestone on its environmental sustainability journey by earning a B on the 2020 CDP Climate Change Disclosure. The CDP assesses companies on the comprehensiveness of their disclosure, awareness and management of environmental risks and demonstration of best practices associated with environmental leadership. “AmerisourceBergen is taking
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. – As part of its commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, AmerisourceBergen announced the appointment of Dr. Lonie Haynes as the company’s SVP and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. In this new role Dr. Haynes will be responsible for working with leaders across the company to define and execute on
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — AmerisourceBergen has reached an agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to include Good Neighbor Pharmacy and Elevate Provider Network members in the Federal Pharmacy Partnership Strategy for COVID-19 Vaccination. To support access, AmerisourceBergen will serve as a network administrator and place orders with the CDC on
In this week’s Video Forum, Bob Mauch, group president of AmerisourceBergen and chairman of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance, talks about pharmaceutical distributors’ contributions to the health care system. The durability, reliability and safety of the supply chain, partnerships between wholesalers and retail pharmacy operators, and HDA’s plans for a strategic refresh are among the subjects
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — While the coronavirus pandemic has upended the world, independent pharmacies have doubled down on their commitment to provide personalized care to their patients. The countless ways that these independent pharmacies have gone above and beyond to serve their communities during this pandemic, have further established the critical role that community pharmacies
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — During these trying times, AmerisourceBergen Corp. continues to play a vital role feeding the health care supply chain and, through its global pharmaceutical health care businesses, helping combat the ongoing spread of COVID-19. Rich Tremonte, executive vice president and president of community and specialty pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen, says that, like every
In the latest installment of our Video Forum, Rich Tremonte, executive vice president and president of community and specialty pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen, discusses the company’s success in keeping the pharmaceutical supply chain on track during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, pharmacy retailers’ stepped-up efforts to meet the needs of patients, and the Good Neighbor
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. – AmerisourceBergen announced Monday that it has been selected by Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (Deciphera) to support QINLOCK (ripretinib). AmerisourceBergen is providing a unified commercialization approach for QINLOCK which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday, May 15, 2020. QINLOCK is an orally administered kinase switch control inhibitor approved
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. – AmerisourceBergen has been named a 2020 DiversityInc Noteworthy Company for the fourth consecutive year. The DiversityInc Top 50 list, issued yearly since 2001, is the gold standard in the U.S. for ranking companies for diversity, equity and inclusion. The companies on this list excel in areas as hiring, retaining and promoting
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles on how retailers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. At AmerisourceBergen, we are driven to deliver — during “blue skies” and in times of immense need. There’s no question that the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has challenged our health care system, including the pharmaceutical supply chain,
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. – AmerisourceBergen announced on Thursday that it is continuing its strategic relationship with the American Oncology Network, LLC (AON), a high-growth medical oncology provider with a focus on supporting the long-term viability of oncology treatment in community-based settings. AmerisourceBergen will support AON in its effort to accelerate key strategic priorities to scale its
DIR fees are again top of mind for pharmacy operators beginning another year without relief from these “phantom” expenses. At the same time hope springs eternal for retailers looking to broaden affordable and accessible health care offerings when such services from more traditional providers can be out of financial reach for many people. Chains also
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — UPS announced on Tuesday its latest drone logistics partnership with wholesale pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen. The collaboration will deploy the UPS Flight Forward drone airline to transport certain pharmaceuticals, supplies and records to qualifying medical campuses served by AmerisourceBergen across the United States, and then expand its use to other sites of