VALLEY FORGE, Pa.-- AmerisourceBergen has sold its pharmaceutical packaging business, AndersonBrecon, to an investment group led by health care investor Frazier Healthcare. AmerisourceBergen Corp., a prescription drug distributor, said last month that it had agreed to sell the unit.
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A special focus is given to the recently announced long-term relationship among AmerisourceBergen Corp., Walgreen Co., and Alliance Boots GmbH.
*Cyprus crisis fuels worry about contagion in euro zone. *Parliament in Cyprus rejects tax on bank deposits. NEW YORK, March 19- The S&P 500 fell for a third day on Tuesday but pared losses late in the day after the parliament of Cyprus rejected a proposed tax on bank deposits.
March 19- Walgreen Co and partner Alliance Boots said on Tuesday they signed a 10- year deal with AmerisourceBergen that will include daily drug distribution, enabling Walgreen to increase its sales of pricey specialty drugs.
*Cyprus crisis fuels worry about contagion in euro zone. *Parliament in Cyprus rejects tax on bank deposits. NEW YORK, March 19- U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday on uncertainty about how Cyprus will avoid a bankruptcy and possible reverberations in the euro zone as the region struggles to emerge from economic crisis.
NICOSIA- Cyprus's government proposes to spare small savers from a divisive levy on bank deposits but says it expects parliament to reject the measure needed to secure an international bailout and avoid default and a banking collapse. (EUROZONE- CYPRUS/, expect by 1430 GMT/ 1030 AM EDT, by Michele Kambas and Karolina Tagaris, 940 words). -CYPRUS- FRANCE/, moved, 260 words.
March 19- Walgreen Co and partner Alliance Boots said on Tuesday they signed a 10- year deal with AmerisourceBergen and will take up to a 23 percent stake in the distribution company, ending Walgreen's current contract with Cardinal Health Inc..
March 19- Drug distributor AmerisourceBergen signed a 10- year distribution deal with Walgreen Co and partner Alliance Boots that it said would deliver $28 billion in incremental revenue in fiscal 2014 and give the pharmacy chains the right to acquire up to 23 percent of the company.
March 19- Drug distributor AmerisourceBergen signed a 10- year distribution contract with Walgreen Co and associate Alliance Boots GmbH that will also allow them to acquire up to 23 percent of AmerisourceBergen.