Corporate Profile for Bergen Brunswig, dated Feb. 21, 1997.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: Feb. 21, 1997
Company Name: Bergen Brunswig Corporation
Address: 4000 Metropolitan Dr.
Orange, Calif. 92868
Main Telephone
Number: 714/385-4000
Chief Executive
Officer: Donald R. Roden
Chief Financial
Officer: Neil F. Dimick
Investor Relations
Contact: Lisa Riordan
Business number: 714/385-4079
Public Relations
Contact: Lisa Riordan
Business number: 714/385-4079
URL Address: www.bergenbrunswig.com
Trading Symbol: BBC
Industry: Pharmaceutical/medical-surgical supply
distribution, Healthcare information services
Company description: Bergen Brunswig Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is one of the nation's largest providers of healthcare products and services to the retail and health systems markets. Through its two largest subsidiaries, Bergen Brunswig Drug Company and Bergen Brunswig Medical Corporation, the company distributes pharmaceuticals, medical-surgical supplies and health and beauty care products to customers in every healthcare venue. A third subsidiary, Alternate Site Distributors (ASD ASD abbr. atrial septal defect ASD Atrial septal defect, see there ), distributes specialty injectibles and oncology oncology /on·col·o·gy/ (ong-kol´ah-je) the sum of knowledge regarding tumors; the study of tumors. on·col·o·gy n. products and offers commercial outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. services to physician and clinic accounts. The company's newest subsidiary, IntePlex(tm), integrates Bergen's product lines and services for the benefit of its health systems customers. Headquartered in Orange, California The City of Orange is located in Orange County, California, United States. It is approximately 3 miles (6 kilometers) north of the county seat, Santa Ana, and approximately 32 miles (52 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. , Bergen Brunswig Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. . In fiscal 1996, marking its 23rd consecutive year of record revenues, the company reported revenues of $9.9 billion, with net earnings of $73.5 million. Stock prices ranged from a low of $20 1/2 to a high of $32 1/2. The company employs more than 4,800 associates and operates 61 distribution centers nationwide. CONTACT: Bergen Brunswig Corporation |
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