Pharma solutions
Improving access across the continuum of care
Over 1,500 pharmaceutical manufacturers and tens of thousands of healthcare providers rely on Cencora to help patients access the medications they need, when they need them. By seamlessly connecting our partners, we're building a marketplace that helps create healthier futures for all.
Distribution and channel excellence to drive access
With millions of healthcare products managed and moved each day, Cencora is essential to the health of patients nationwide and around the world. We’re a leading and strategic distribution partner to tens of thousands of healthcare organizations—health systems, specialty care practices, community pharmacies and the entire spectrum of providers all depend on us for accurate, efficient deliveries. As a result, we’re more than a middleman; we’re a marketplace.
Nearly
100%
of U.S. hospitals
20,000+
Retail pharmacies
65,000+
Specialty care providers and practices
The many roles of Cencora
Facilitate business intelligence
- We give manufacturers a channel for reaching patients wherever they are being treated ensuring our customers receive their products quickly and safely.
- We facilitate orders and invoicing for manufacturer-authorized customers and provide essential, aggregated data on pricing, orders and inventory across all classes of trade.
- Tens of thousands of community providers nationwide rely on us for industry insights.
Enable financial stability
- We take financial ownership of manufacturers’ products and bear responsibility for collecting payment from provider customers.
- We pay manufacturers immediately, allowing them to reinvest in innovation.
- And, we provide the capital financing providers need to cover the cost of products between dispense and reimbursement.
Protect the supply chain
- We actively develop industry-wide solutions to deploy new technologies that help ensure a safe, secure supply chain against fraudulent activities that harm patient care deliveries.
- We invest in advanced technology and state-of-the-art equipment for our distribution centers.
- We have sophisticated ordering platforms to assist providers with secure contracting, ordering and price management across millions of transactions.
Featured capabilities
Unit dose packaging
American Health Packaging (AHP) is the industry-leading supplier of unit dose oral solids. With a portfolio of nearly 550 unit dose products across all major therapeutic classes, AHP provides bar-coded, stability-tested products to health systems, long-term care providers and alternate sites of care. AHP unit dose products improve dispensing safety in the institutional setting for patients and providers, while AHP’s market-leading position helps our manufacturer partners increase their market share.
PRxO Generics℠ formulary
Benefit from the reach and scale of Cencora by participating in the PRxO Generics formulary. Serving customers across independent pharmacy, long-term care and health systems classes of trade, the PRxO Generics purchasing program captures market share by providing exceptional value to healthcare providers. We actively promote PRxO Generics products through programs and sales initiatives that maximize customer profit and simplify operations, allowing providers to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.
National Distribution Center
Centralized distribution with Cencora was developed to simplify logistics and deliver value to manufacturer partners. The benefits if centralized distribution include streamlined ordering, efficient transportation and simplified fulfillment and reconciliation. Our unique, cross-dock approach to centralized distribution keeps orders tied closely to market demand.
Patient-centered solutions that improve access and engagement
We work closely with our partners to design and launch customized programs that focus on the patient journey. With deep program experience and proven implementation processes, partners can depend on our pharmacy from pre-launch through product maturity, leveraging our own internal resources when needed to assist with the launch. We help to connect patients with manufacturer programs to ensure they receive the highest level of support during treatment.
Innovation highlight
Manufacturer operations, replenishment, and DSCSA support
Cencora's manufacturer operations team prioritizes patient safety and product access through streamlined logistics and strict regulatory compliance. With over 30+ DSCSA-compliant distribution centers, we ensure efficient logistics and timely delivery for our partners and customers. Having invested over $800 million in our distribution infrastructure over the past decade, we continuously enhance our operations. Our innovative, highly automated distribution centers, strategically located across the United States, uphold the highest standards of quality and efficiency in our supply chain.
Innovation highlight
Dynamic distribution model
DynaMoTM, our dynamic real-time product distribution modeling tool accelerates data driven decision making and readiness for unique distribution demands from manufacturers, customers and government stakeholders. DynaMoTM can track end-to-end distribution each step of the way, from manufacturer to customer, supporting millions of customer targeted allocation scenarios. DynaMoTM enables us to perform the allocation while forecasting and formulating the scenario to best serve our customers and patients.
