Copyright 1999 Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles
Times
December 11, 1999, Saturday, Orange County
Edition
SECTION: Business; Part C; Page 2; Financial
Desk
LENGTH: 72 words
HEADLINE: ORANGE COUNTY BRIEFLY;
BERGEN
BRUNSWIG UNIT LANDS NEW CLIENT
BYLINE: Dow Jones
BODY:
Pharmaceuticals distributor Bergen
Brunswig Corp. said Friday that its Bergen Brunswig Drug Co. unit will be the
primary supplier to 200 Fred's Inc. pharmacies in the Southeast. Financial terms
weren't disclosed. Orange-based Bergen Brunswig said the agreement also begins a
partnership through which Fred's will expand its electronic-commerce
pharmaceutical operations, as well as its mail-order and Internet
pharmacy business.
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1999