AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group

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AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Type Public (NYSEABC)
Founded Merger between AmeriSource Health and Bergen Brunswig in 2001
Headquarters Frisco, Texas, USA
Key people R. David Yost, CEO & Director
Michael DiCandilo, CFO
Industry Drug Wholesale
Products Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services
Revenue $54.577 billion USD (2005)
Operating income $636.946 million USD (2005)
Net income $264.645 million USD (2005)
Employees 12,300 (2006)
Website www.amerisourcebergen.com

AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group is a part of AmerisourceBergen Corp (NYSE: ABC). With its family of companies, the Specialty Group provides services to the specialty pharmaceutical industry. It works with pharmaceutical manufacturers, healthcare providers, physicians and payers to address their clinical and financial objectives—with the ultimate goal of improving patients’ lives.


Companies in the Specialty Group portfolio include:


Distribution & Physician Services

ASD Healthcare - Nationwide distributor of plasma-derived products, nephrology products, specialty products and vaccines

Besse Medical - Nationwide distributor of vaccines, as well as biological and injectable products

IgG America - National specialty pharmacy focused exclusively on providing immunoglobulin therapy and clinical management through pharmacy and nursing services

ION - Physician services network whose membership represents more than half of the private practice oncologists in the United States

Oncology Supply - Nationwide distributor of oncology products and practice management solutions


Pharma & Specialty Services

AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group Canada – Canadian provider of specialty pharmacy services, home care, reimbursement assistance, patient support services and healthcare information solutions

ICS – Nationwide provider of outsourced logistics, contract services, clinical services and medical education

Imedex - Provider of a global, integrated and accredited platform for independent medical education (IME)

Lash Group - Reimbursement services firms serving pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies

NMCR Analytics – Provider of live, peer-to-peer market research, specializing in obtaining and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information on the fields of oncology and hematology practice

US Bioservices – Provider of nationwide specialty pharmacy services

Xcenda – Provider of managed markets messaging, provider reimbursement services, outcomes research and reimbursement strategy and solutions for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies

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