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Alliance UniChem plc
 PROFILE
This alliance changed the face of Europe's health care market. Alliance UniChem, the #2 pharmaceutical distributor in Europe (after GEHE), is the product of the 1997 merger of Luxembourg's Alliance Santé and the UK's UniChem. Through subsidiary UniChem the company distributes drugs and other health care products to pharmacies and hospitals across the UK. Another subsidiary operates more than 675 Moss Chemists retail pharmacies, mostly in the UK, but also in Italy and Switzerland. The Alliance Santé unit, also a drug distributor, is strongest in France and Italy. Deputy chairman Stefano Pessina owns more than 30% of the company; Chairman Kenneth Clarke is the UK's former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

 COMPETITION
The Boots Company PLC (BTXSY)
GEHE AG (GEH)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 9,241.60
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (6.2)%
Employees: 17,405
Revenue per employee: $530,973.86

 KEY PEOPLE
• Jeffery F. Harris
    CEO
• Geoffrey I. Cooper
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
Alliance House
Weybridge Surrey KT1 38P, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-19-3287-0550
Fax: 44-20-8974-1707
Online: Web Site

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