McKesson Corporation
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McKesson Corporation is an American company distributing pharmaceuticals and providing health information technology, medical supplies, and care management tools. The company delivers a third of all pharmaceuticals used in North America and employs over 51,000 employees. McKesson had revenues of $276 billion in its fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
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Company type | Public |
Industry | Healthcare |
Founded | New York City, United States 1833; 191 years ago (1833) |
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Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Brian S. Tyler (CEO) |
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Revenue | US$308.9 billion (2024) |
US$3.909 billion (2024) | |
US$3.002 billion (2024) | |
Total assets | US$67.44 billion (2024) |
Total equity | US$−1.97 billion (2024) |
Number of employees | c. 51,000 (2024) |
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Website | McKesson.com |
Footnotes / references Financials as of March 31, 2024[update].[1] |
McKesson is based in Irving, Texas, and distributes health care systems, medical supplies and pharmaceutical products. Additionally, McKesson provides extensive network infrastructure for the health care industry; also, it was an early adopter of technologies like bar-code scanning for distribution, pharmacy robotics, and RFID tags.[2] The company has been named in a federal lawsuit for profiting from the opioid epidemic in the United States.[3]
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, McKesson was a key vaccine distributor, serving as the U.S. government's centralized distributor for hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses and ancillary supply kits for over 1 billion doses across the United States.[4][5]
As of 2023[update], McKesson was ranked #9 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations.[6]