Amerisource's Margins Grow For Generics

Specialty generics is helping to give a bigger boost to the bottom line of Valley Forge, Pa.-based AmerisourceBergen (ABC) . For its March-ended fiscal second quarter, the pharmaceutical services titan said that gross margin increased 12.3% vs. year-ago levels. Amerisource cited a larger-than-expected increase in margin from its specialty generic drug business. While a 12.3% rise might not sound dramatic, it's significant given that Amerisource's