Walgreens to sell drug wholesale business for $6.5B
By TOM MURPHY (AP) — Walgreens Boots Alliance will sell its pharmaceutical wholesale business to AmerisourceBergen in a $6.5 billion cash and stock deal. Pharmaceutical wholesalers essentially act as middlemen, purchasing drugs from manufacturers and then distributing them to customers like drugstore chains, hospitals and doctor's offices. Walgreens said Wednesday that the deal will allow it to focus