Alliance Boots Acquires Andreae-Noris Zahn AG

Alliance Boots GmbH is an international pharmacy-led health and beauty group. Alliance Boots' pharmacy-led health and beauty retail businesses now operate more than 3,330 health and beauty retail stores in 11 countries and its pharmaceutical wholesale businesses supply medicines, other healthcare products and related services to more than 170,000 pharmacies, doctors, health centers and hospitals in 21 countries.

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Celesio is an international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. The proactive and preventive approach ensures that patients receive the products and support that they require for optimum care. Celesio operates in 14 countries around the world. Every day, the group serves over 2 million customers - at 2,200 pharmacies of its own and 4,100 participants in brand partnership schemes. With 132 wholesale branches, Celesio supplies 65,000 pharmacies and hospitals every day with up to 130,000 pharmaceutical products. The services benefit a patient pool of about 15 million per day.

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Acceleron Pharma is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutic candidates that regulate cellular growth and repair. Acceleron Pharma was formed in 2003 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Sanacorp is the oldest pharmacist's cooperative in Germany and is one of the major companies in pharmaceutical wholesale. More than 8,000 pharmacists can achieve more together than any individual on their own. The core competence of Sanacorp is the comprehensive, economical and reliable supply of pharmacies with medicines and health products.

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