Rx product management

CardinalSOURCE is a high-quality, single-source, customized generic pharmaceutical program.

CardinalSOURCE is a comprehensive generics program that is managed to the industry's highest standards by a team of experts. The program consists of nearly 2,000 single-sourced generic pharmaceutical products that make up 95 percent of the average retail pharmacy's product needs.

CardinalSOURCE benefits pharmacies by offering:

• Increasing profitability and gross margin
• Prices 30 to 40 percent below WAC
• Low contract cost and high reimbursement
• Decreasing inventory costs
• Proven NDC consistency
• Low item switch rate
• Same product, same color and same shape
• High serviceability
• A consistent, high service level
• More than 1,980 single-sourced generic items
• The highest quality products
• Highest available product rating and patient preference

ChainADVANTAGE provides one of the largest offerings of manufacturer contracts.

ChainADVANTAGE is a comprehensive branded pharmaceutical program that builds customer loyalty while maximizing profit potential. The program features more than 100 high-quality branded products.

ChainADVANTAGE benefits pharmacies by providing:

• Increasing profitability and gross margin
• Off-invoice and rebate savings or market-share contracts
• Third-party reimbursement calculations
• Competitive pricing
• Unequaled product availability
• More than 100 high-quality, fast-moving branded products

ProfitPak is one of the largest repackaging program in the industry, reducing costs through the repackaging of high-volume pharmaceuticals.

ProfitPak lets pharmacies take advantage of Cardinal Health's tremendous buying power by repackaging high-volume pharmaceutical products into convenient, faster-turning sizes. The results are significantly lower acquisition costs when compared to with manufacturers' equivalent sizes, and higher profits for the pharmacy.

ProfitPak benefits pharmacies by offering:

• Increasing profitability and gross margin, especially on third-party prescriptions
• 3-percent average savings on between 5 and 7 percent of the pharmacy's branded-product purchases—more than $1,000 per year
• Bulk savings without bulk purchases
• Unsurpassed product availability
• The highest quality products
• The packaging of products in compliance with FDA Good Manufacturing Practices
• Inclusion of the original manufacturers' package inserts with the repackaged product

First Script^SM is an auto-ship program for newly released brand and generic pharmaceuticals.

First Script^SM automatic shipment program gives pharmacies immediate access to newly released brand name and generic pharmaceutical products. First Script customers receive new releases as soon as the FDA approves the product and it's available in Cardinal Health pharmaceutical distribution centers, enabling them to be first in their communities to offer the product to customers.

First Script^SM benefits pharmacies by providing:

• Increasing profitability and gross margin
• More than $1,000 average annual program savings
• Off-invoice savings on brand products
• 90-days dating on brand products
• Automatic distribution
• New item notification forms delivered to pharmacies prior to product being received
• Products that are available when patients need them
• No lost sales because items are not stocked
• 180 days to return unused and unopened products