Wholesaling

Walgreens’ shareholders approve merger with Alliance Boots

Shareholders of the US pharmacy chain Walgreens have voted in favour of the company’s merger with Alliance Boots after a special meeting on 29 December 2014.…

Walgreens’s CEO Greg Wasson retires before merger with Alliance Boots is completed

Walgreens’s chief executive officer Greg Wasson is to retire and will not head up the company once it completes its merger with Alliance Boots, in a change to previous plans.…

McKesson cements acquisition of Celesio

The US healthcare services and information technology company McKesson Corporation has cemented its acquisition of German pharmaceutical wholesale and retail company Celesio AG.…

Drones to deliver drugs to remote German pharmacy

An unmanned ‘parcelcopter’ will deliver drugs and other urgent supplies to a remote island in the North Sea, a few miles off the coast of Germany.…