s & p 500 component industry retail founded merger between amerisource health and bergen brunswig in 2001 headquarters chesterbrook pennsylvania u.s. area served north america united kingdom key people richard c. gozon chairman steven h. collis president ceo & director products pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services revenue us 135.9 billion 2015 1 operating income us 386 million 2015 1 net income us 134 million 2015 1 total assets us 27.73 billion 2015 1 total equity us 633 million 2015 1 number of employees 16 500 2015 1 website amerisourcebergen.com amerisourcebergen corporation is an american drug wholesale company that was formed by the merger of bergen brunswig and amerisource in 2001 . 2 they provide drug distribution and related services designed to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes distribute a line of brand name and generic pharmaceuticals over the counter otc health care products and home health care supplies and equipment to a wide variety of health care providers located throughout the united states including acute care hospitals and health systems independent and chain retail pharmacies mail order facilities physicians clinics and other alternate site facilities as well as skilled nursing and assisted living centers . they also provide pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to long term care workers compensation and specialty drug patients . amerisourcebergen is a market leader in pharmaceutical distribution handling about 20 % of all of the pharmaceuticals sold and distributed throughout the country and ranked 16th on the fortune 500 list for 2015 with over 100 billion in annual revenue . 3 in terms of revenue 79.49 billion in 2012 the firm is the largest based in pennsylvania 4 5 contents 1 history 2 lawsuit 3 corporate structure 4 good neighbor pharmacy 4.1 thoughtspot 5 knowledgedriven 6 references 7 external links history edit amerisourcebergen was formed in 2001 following the merger of amerisource health corporation and bergen brunswig corporation . amerisource and bergen were both successful pharmaceutical distributors that served similar markets but covered somewhat different geographies . bringing the two together gave the company a strong national presence that was geared especially towards serving independent community pharmacies regional retail chain pharmacies hospitals physician offices clinics and other alternate care facilities . amerisourcebergen has 26 pharmaceutical distribution centers in the us nine distribution centers in canada four specialty distribution centers in the us and over 1 million square feet of packaging production capacity in the us and the uk . with the addition of world courier the largest specialty courier company in the world over 150 company owned offices around the globe were added to the company . lawsuit edit in 2012 the state of west virginia filed a lawsuit against amerisourcebergen 6 on 5 17 2015 the west virginia gazette reported amerisourcebergen the nation s third largest drug wholesaler shipped 80.3 million hydrocodone pills and 38.4 million oxycodone pills to west virginia over the five year span the highest totals for both drugs by any company named in the state s lawsuit according to the filing . 7 and that the lawsuit alleges that the companies have helped fuel the state s pain pill epidemic by shipping excessive amounts of prescription painkillers to southern west virginia pharmacies . corporate structure edit amerisourcebergen operates its pharmaceutical distribution business under four primary units amerisourcebergen drug corporation abdc amerisourcebergen specialty group absg amerisourcebergen consulting services abcs and world courier . in march of 2016 walgreens boots alliance inc. announced it would exercise an option to purchase 22.7 million shares of amerisourcebergen stock and thereby control 15 % of the company . 8 good neighbor pharmacy edit good neighbor pharmacy is an american retailers cooperative network of more than 3 400 independently owned and operated pharmacies . it has a business affiliation with amerisourcebergen which sponsors the network and owns the name good neighbor pharmacy good neighbor pharmacy is the sponsor for thought spot the annual trade show held in las vegas . thoughtspot edit thoughtspot is a four day trade show put on by good neighbor pharmacy held in or around july in las vegas aimed for and limited to community and independent pharmacies . 9 not in citation given exhibitors are represented throughout the healthcare industry including brand name generic and over the counter products . thoughtspot 2013 was hosted at the mgm grand las vegas from july 24 to july 27 . special guest musical performance by bret michaels capped off the week on july 27 at a special attendee only closing event . 10 knowledgedriven edit knowledgedriven is a resource site sponsored by amerisourcebergen . 11 references edit a b c d e f annual report 2015 . amerisourcebergen corp. retrieved 16 april 2016 . amerisourcebergen form 8 k current report filing date aug 30 2001 . secdatabase.com . retrieved january 7 2013 . amerisourcebergen fortune 500 2015 . fortune 500 2015 . fortune . archived from the original on june 2015 . retrieved 2016 09 25 . amerisourcebergen the biggest pennsylvania company you never heard of by david sell philadelphia inquirer july 15 2012 eight area companies make fortune 500 . philadelphia business journal . may 28 2013 . retrieved june 24 2013 . jon kamp 27 june 2012 . west virginia sues drug distributors in pill abuse fight . wsj . retrieved 23 january 2016 . charleston gazette mail drug firms shipped 40m pain pills a year to wv . charleston gazette mail . retrieved 23 january 2016 . leeclaire george 2016 03 18 . walgreens boots buys bigger stake in amerisourcebergen . associated press . retrieved 2016 09 25 . events . amerisourcebergen . retrieved 11 may 2016 . archived copy . archived from the original on march 4 2016 . retrieved 2013 06 11 . about . retrieved 23 january 2016 . external links edit companies portal corporate website amerisourcebergen specialty group amerisourcebergen sec filings v t e philadelphia area corporations including the delaware valley list of companies based in the philadelphia area philadelphia based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list comcast 43 aramark 207 crown holdings 318 delaware valley based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list amerisourcebergen 16 dupont 87 lincoln national 223 universal health services 324 campbell soup 342 ugi 349 burlington stores inc. 500 other notable philadelphia based businesses amoroso s beneficial bank chemtura day & zimmermann fmc corporation independence blue cross pennsylvania real estate investment trust pep boys philadelphia media network radian group urban outfitters notable philadelphia based professional partnerships ballard spahr blank rome cozen o connor dechert drinker biddle & reath duane morris morgan lewis & bockius pepper hamilton saul 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