Cardinal Health

A Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and medical product distributor. Acquired a majority stake in GI AllianceGI AllianceThe largest gastroenterology physician group in the United States. Cardinal Health acquired a ~71% majority stake (announced Nov. 2024), making it the most prominent documented example of a corporate entity purcha… for ~$2.8B (announced Nov. 2024) — a documented example of corporate vertical integrationVertical IntegrationA corporate structure in which a single entity owns multiple layers of the healthcare delivery chain — insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, pharmacy, and physician group — creating s… into physician practice groups.