Drug Channels Earnings Calendar

In an unusual confluence of the calendar, the big 3 drug wholesalers and big 3 pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) will all be reporting their latest financial results on 4 of the next 9 days. These financial reports and accompanying conference calls provide invaluable insights into the strategies and economics of companies within U.S. drug channels.

As a service to Drug Channels readers, I'm providing a brief rundown of the upcoming calendar along with links to the earnings conference call webcasts for each company. If you don’t have time to listen to the calls, free transcripts show up on Seeking Alpha within a few days.

Pembroke Consulting retainer clients should feel free to contact me for post-game analysis on any of these reports. Gerson Lehrman Group customers can make a request via their GLG client representative.

McKesson (NYSE:MCK)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Earnings Conference Call at 5:00 p.m. ET

Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Earnings Conference Call at 10:00 a.m. ET

AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC)
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Earnings Conference Call at 11:00 a.m. ET

Medco Health Solutions (NYSE:MHS)
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Earnings Conference Call at 8:30 a.m. ET

Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Earnings Conference Call at 8:30 a.m. ET

CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Earnings Conference Call at 8:30 a.m. ET

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