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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 3Q07



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Acquiring Party    AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC), a large pharmaceutical distributor and services company.
Transferring Party    Kindred Healthcare, Inc., an operator of long-term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing centers and a contract rehabilitation services business.
Sector    Medical Services
Date    July 31, 2007
Analysis
AmerisourceBergen and Kindred are combining their respective institutional pharmacy businesses as PharMerica Corp., a new, independent, publicly traded company (NYSE:PMC) which will provide pharmacy solutions to institutional customers and patients in long-term care settings. PharMerica operates more than 120 institutional pharmacies in over 40 states that serve approx. 310,000 beds for patients of long-term facilities. Terms not disclosed.




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