
- Download a free 25-page report overview—including key industry trends, “What's New,” Table of Contents, and List of Exhibits
This report—our sixteenth edition—remains the most comprehensive, data-driven resource for understanding and analyzing the large and growing U.S. pharmaceutical distribution industry.
With 9 chapters, more than 400 pages, 187 exhibits, and over 850 endnotes, this report is unmatched in scope and depth. There’s simply no other resource like it.
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INSIDE THE 2025-26 REPORT
The 2025-26 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors remains the most comprehensive, fact-based tool for understanding and analyzing the large and growing U.S. pharmaceutical distribution industry. Widely regarded as the industry standard, this encyclopedic resource offers a definitive guide to wholesale distribution’s role in the complex web of U.S. prescription drug channels.
The chart below illustrates the vertical integration and broad reach of the three largest companies in U.S. pharmaceutical distribution. The numbers in the chart correspond to the report chapter that explains and analyzes the specific business segment.
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WHAT’S INSIDE AND WHAT’S NEW
- The most current financial and industry data on pharmaceutical distribution and the major companies. See pages 9 and 10 of the free report overview for details on the notable new material in this latest edition.
- Updated analyses of strategies, market positions, and executive compensation for the Big Three—Cencora, Cardinal Health, and McKesson. We review each company’s business segments and underlying business profitability, based upon our proprietary economic models. This allows you to assess differences among the public companies’ organizational structure and financial performance.
- Self-contained chapters that do not need to be read in order. (Really!) There are loads of internal hyperlinks to help you navigate the document and customize it to your specific interests and priorities.
- The option to download an additional PowerPoint file with images of all 178 exhibits. This popular option helps you share the insights and data with others in your organization. (The exhibits appear within the text for all license versions.)
- 760 (!) endnotes, most of which have direct hyperlinks to original source materials for deeper learning.
- No SpongeBob Squarepants, corny jokes, or pop culture references, all of which have been reluctantly removed.
We look forward to sharing this year’s insights with you.