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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 1Q06



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Acquiring Party    McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), a large healthcare services and information technology company.
Transferring Party    Sterling Medical Services, LLC, a national provider of medical supplies and health management services to the homecare market and a subsidiary of Coloplast A/S (Denmark).
Sector    Distribution
Date    February 13, 2006
Analysis
Sterling's direct-to-patient distribution to homecare patients with chronic illnesses complements McKesson's growing homecare footprint. McKesson's services include technology to monitor patients in the home, disease management programs, nurse triage services, physician-patient connectivity, online portal technology and personal emergency response systems. Terms not disclosed.




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