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Alliance Boots Snaps Up Stake In Pharma Firm

Alliance Boots, as well as US partner Walgreens, has taken a stake in pharmaceutical firm AmerisourceBergen, which will see Amerisource distribute its products to 8,000 US-based Walgreen stores. Boots director Alex Gourlay called the move “a significant step”.

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