Overall impact
D (28)

Commentary

McKesson is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 27.7 for overall impact (bottom 10% of all companies), McKesson ranks 14th out of 15 industry peers, behind PetIQ, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, Paragon Care and 10 others, and ahead of Cardinal Health. On top material causes for McKesson's industry (Healthcare Equipment), McKesson performs poorly in Reduced Inequality (0.0 score), Access to Affordable Healthcare (0.0), Child and Maternal Health (17.3) and 9 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. McKesson did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Company
Founded
1833
Employees
41,600
Sector
Health Care
Industry
Health Care Providers & Services
Sub-industry
Health Care Distributors
SASB industry
Healthcare Distributors
Headquarters
Tx, United States
Share classes
MCK
Mission
To advance the health care system for better health for all.
Description
McKesson Corporation provides healthcare services in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Pharmaceutical, Prescription Technology Solutions (RxTS), Medical-Surgical Solutions, and International. The U.S. Pharmaceutical segment distributes branded, generic, specialty, biosimilar, and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs, and other healthcare-related products. This segment also provides practice management, technology, clinical support, and business solutions to community-based oncology and other specialty practices; and consulting, outsourcing, technological, and other services, as well as sells financial, operational, and clinical solutions to pharmacies. The RxTS segment serves biopharma and life sciences partners to address challenges for patients by working across healthcare to connect patients, pharmacies, providers, pharmacy benefit managers, health plans, and biopharma companies to deliver solutions to help people get the medicine needed to live healthier lives. It provides medication access and affordability, prescription decision support, prescription price transparency, benefit insight, dispensing support, third-party logistics, and wholesale distribution support services, as well as electronic prior authorization services. The Medical-Surgical Solutions segment offers medical-surgical supply distribution, logistics, biomedical maintenance, and other services to healthcare providers, including physician offices, surgery centers, nursing homes, post-acute care facilities, hospital reference labs, and home health care agencies. The International segment delivers medicines, supplies, and information technology solutions to retail pharmacies, hospitals, long-term care centers, clinics, and institutions. It also provides logistics and distribution services for manufacturers. McKesson Corporation was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
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