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| | BW Online | November 24, 2003 | Cardinal Health, Heal Thyself |
 | | Cardinal's sales dwarf those of its principal competitors, AmerisourceBergen Corp. and McKesson Corp., which are far more dependent on their wholesale drug distribution business for profits. |
 | | Cardinal did manage to increase its net earnings in its latest period, the fiscal first quarter, by 12%, to $329 million, but still failed to meet Wall Street expectations. |
 | | The stock market shrugged in October, when Cardinal offered to pay $400 million to acquire Intercare Group PLC (ICGRF), a European pharmaceutical supplier that, among other things, is gearing up to produce hundreds of million of syringes a year. |
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