Owen Healthcare Inc.

Cardinal's new outcomes data program could provide more product selection information for customers, more opportunities for distributors. by Stephen Levin Drug distributors have long been the anonymou

Most product companies that forward integrate into services fail. The few successes highlight the strategies' hurdles. Until the early 1980s, almost all kidney dialysis patients received hemodialysis

After two years of tough times, Owen is now poised to grow again with new management and a climate ripe for outsourcing. by David Cassak Hospital group purchasing has always labored under two fundamen

The deal comes as something of a surprise, if only because Cardinal Health Inc. has spent the last several years making a series of aggressive acquisitions in higher-margin service businesses, such