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Headquartered in [[Dublin, Ohio]], Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a $75 billion, global company serving the health-care industry with a broad portfolio of products and services. Through its diverse offering, Cardinal Health delivers integrated health-care solutions that help customers reduce their costs, improve efficiency and deliver better care to patients. The company manufactures, packages and distributes [[pharmaceuticals]] and |
Headquartered in [[Dublin, Ohio]], Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a $75 billion, global company serving the health-care industry with a broad portfolio of products and services. Through its diverse offering, Cardinal Health delivers integrated health-care solutions that help customers reduce their costs, improve efficiency and deliver better care to patients. The company manufactures, packages and distributes [[pharmaceuticals]] and medical supplies, offers a range of clinical services and develops automation products that improve the management and delivery of supplies and medication for hospitals, physician offices and pharmacies. |
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Founded in [[1971]] as ''Cardinal Foods'' by [[Robert D. Walter]], it was initially a food [[wholesale|wholesaler]]. Acquiring the [[Bailey Drug Company]] in [[1979]], it began wholesaling drugs as ''Cardinal Distribution, Incorporated''. Following the introduction of the company on the [[NASDAQ]] stock exchange in [[1983]] it commenced on a long string of [[takeover|acquisition]]s and [[merger]]s. [[As of 2006]], it was ranked 19th on the [[Fortune 500]] list and employs more than 55,000 people on six continents. |
Founded in [[1971]] as ''Cardinal Foods'' by [[Robert D. Walter]], it was initially a food [[wholesale|wholesaler]]. Acquiring the [[Bailey Drug Company]] in [[1979]], it began wholesaling drugs as ''Cardinal Distribution, Incorporated''. Following the introduction of the company on the [[NASDAQ]] stock exchange in [[1983]] it commenced on a long string of [[takeover|acquisition]]s and [[merger]]s. [[As of 2006]], it was ranked 19th on the [[Fortune 500]] list and employs more than 55,000 people on six continents. |
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| Company type | Public (NYSE: CAH) |
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| Industry | Drug Wholesale |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ohio, USA |
Key people | Robert D. Walter, Chairman; R. Kerry Clark, President and CEO |
| Products | hospital / laboratory / physician office products; pharmaceuticals; logistics; drug development / delivery systems; contract manufacturing / packaging; infusion systems; clinical services |
| Revenue |  $74.910 billion USD (2005) |
| $1.762 billion USD (2005) | |
| $1.050 billion USD (2005) | |
Number of employees | 55,000 (2006) |
| Website | cardinalhealth.com |
Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) is a multinational American company providing products and services designed to improve productivity and safety in healthcare.
Overview
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a $75 billion, global company serving the health-care industry with a broad portfolio of products and services. Through its diverse offering, Cardinal Health delivers integrated health-care solutions that help customers reduce their costs, improve efficiency and deliver better care to patients. The company manufactures, packages and distributes pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, offers a range of clinical services and develops automation products that improve the management and delivery of supplies and medication for hospitals, physician offices and pharmacies.
Founded in 1971 as Cardinal Foods by Robert D. Walter, it was initially a food wholesaler. Acquiring the Bailey Drug Company in 1979, it began wholesaling drugs as Cardinal Distribution, Incorporated. Following the introduction of the company on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1983 it commenced on a long string of acquisitions and mergers. As of 2006, it was ranked 19th on the Fortune 500 list and employs more than 55,000 people on six continents.
R. Kerry Clark was appointed as President and CEO on 17 April 2006, with Robert D. Walter retaining the Chairmainship.
Statistics: each day
Each day, Cardinal Health:
- Manufactures pharmaceuticals for 9 out of the top 10 pharma companies and most leading biotech firms
- Develops, manufactures and packages more than 500 million doses of pharmaceuticals (6,000 per second)
- Manufactures more than four million medical/surgical products, including surgical instruments, respiratory products, suction tubing, surgical drapes, gowns and gloves, in 31 facilities worldwide
- Employs more than 1,800 pharmacists, 1,000 scientists, Ph.Ds
- Provides more than 1,000 hours of temporary staffing in retail pharmacy chains, hospitals, mail order pharmacies, HMOs, home infusion companies and long-term facilities
- Makes over 40,000 deliveries of pharmaceutical and medical/surgical products
- Picks and delivers more than two million pharmaceutical products for 35,000 customers nationwide
- Holds more than 1,500 patents worldwide
- Delivers unit-doses of radiopharmaceuticals to 90 percent of U.S. hospitals within 3 hours
Facilities
- 30 medical/surgical manufacturing plants
- 46 medical/surgical distribution centers
- 25 pharmaceutical distribution centers in the U.S.
- 42 pharmaceutical manufacturing, laboratory and packaging facilities in 11 countries
- 2 Financial Shared Service Center in Dublin, Ohio, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2 Customer Service Centers Little Rock, Arkansas, Radcliff, Kentucky
Company website
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