# CARDINAL HEALTH INC

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## Overview

Cardinal Health, Inc. is a global healthcare services and products company that distributes pharmaceuticals and medical products and provides services and solutions to healthcare providers, pharmacies, and patients. Its principal reportable businesses are Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions and Global Medical Products and Distribution; it also operates in areas including nuclear and precision health, at-home care, and logistics. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517266)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517267)

The company’s mission is “to provide products and solutions that improve the lives of people every day.” Its products are sold across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and other markets; Cardinal Health reports operations in 30 countries. [3](https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/careers/culture/vision-and-values.html)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517638)[5](https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/about-us.html) For fiscal 2026, it reported revenue of approximately $254.2 billion, and its website reports approximately 58,000 employees worldwide. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517996)[7](https://newsroom.cardinalhealth.com/2026-08-11-Cardinal-Health-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-Year-2026-Results-and-Provides-Fiscal-Year-2027-Guidance)[5](https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/about-us.html)
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## Products & services

Cardinal Health distributes branded and generic pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, and over-the-counter products. Related services include specialty-pharmaceutical support for manufacturers and providers, hospital pharmacy management, generic and OTC repackaging, and physician-office managed-services platforms. Sonexus offers manufacturer-facing patient access and support, including case management, benefits verification, prior-authorization assistance, and non-commercial specialty pharmacy services. [8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517270)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517638)[9](https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/services/manufacturer/biopharmaceutical/patient-access-and-adherence.html)

Its Global Medical Products and Distribution business manufactures and sources medical, surgical, and laboratory products, including gloves, needles and syringes, sharps containers, wound-care and incontinence products, nutritional-delivery products, surgical apparel, fluid collection systems, and urology and operating-room supplies. It also distributes national-brand products, assembles procedure kits, and provides supply-chain services. Named products include the Kangaroo™ Joey enteral pump, which supports continuous feeding and programmable flushing, and the needleless, anti-coring Monoject™ SmarTip™ vial-access cannula. [10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517639)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517640)[12](https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/product-solutions/medical/enteral-feeding.html)[13](https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/product-solutions/medical/patient-care/sharps-safety/medication-preparation/monoject-smartip-needleless-vial-access-cannula.html)

Other offerings include radiopharmaceutical preparation and delivery through Nuclear and Precision Health Solutions; direct-to-patient medical supplies for people with chronic conditions through Edgepark and ADS; and healthcare shipping and logistics services through OptiFreight. Cardinal Health also offers WaveMark inventory-management solutions using barcode and RFID technology for inventory visibility and expiration monitoring. Its FY2026 reporting presents performance by business segment rather than by individual product or service. [14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517643)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517644)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517645)[17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517646)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155518525)[19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517289)[20](https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/solutions/wavemark-supply-management.html)[21](https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/solutions/optifreight-logistics.html)
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## Geographic presence

Cardinal Health’s FY2026 Form 10-K reports revenue of $252.639 billion from the United States and $1.705 billion internationally, against consolidated revenue of $254.248 billion. These represent approximately 99.4% and 0.7% of consolidated revenue, respectively; the geographic table’s revenue total differs from consolidated revenue because of a corporate reconciliation. International revenue is reported in aggregate, without a country-level breakdown. [22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17933838)

The company’s principal executive offices are in Dublin, Ohio. Its filing describes pharmaceutical distribution primarily in the United States and national-brand distribution serving providers in the United States and Canada. GMPD-branded products are sold in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and other markets. The properties disclosure describes facilities across the United States, including distribution, assembly, and manufacturing sites; it does not provide an international facility breakdown. The cited disclosures do not report employee distribution by geography. [23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17933571)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517270)[24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517273)[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517922)
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## Business segments

For FY2026, ended June 30, Cardinal Health reported two reportable segments: Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions (Pharma) and Global Medical Products and Distribution (GMPD). The company groups its other operating segments under “Other,” rather than reporting them separately. [26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155518026)

Pharma distributes branded, generic and specialty pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter healthcare products in the U.S., and provides related specialty-product, pharmacy-management, repackaging and physician-office services. FY2026 revenue was $234.833 billion, approximately 92.3% of the $254.344 billion total shown in the segment revenue table. [27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155518497)[28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17933841) GMPD manufactures, sources and distributes medical, surgical and laboratory products, including Cardinal Health-brand products, and distributes national-brand products to healthcare providers in the U.S. and Canada. Its FY2026 revenue was $12.719 billion, approximately 5.0% of the total. [29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155518498)[28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17933841)

Other generated $6.792 billion in FY2026 revenue, approximately 2.7% of the total. It comprises Nuclear and Precision Health Solutions, which makes, prepares and delivers radiopharmaceuticals; at-Home Solutions, which supplies medical products to patients and home-care-related providers; and OptiFreight Logistics, which provides shipping and logistics services for healthcare organizations. [28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17933841)[30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517276)[31](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517277)[32](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P155517278)
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## Company history

Cardinal Health traces its origins to 1971, when Robert D. Walter acquired a Columbus, Ohio grocery wholesaler called Monarch Foods and renamed it Cardinal Foods. The company incorporated as Cardinal Health, Inc. in 1979, went public in 1983, and adopted the Cardinal Health name in 1994 as it shifted toward healthcare distribution. [33](https://newsroom.cardinalhealth.com/2021-01-07-Cardinal-Health-celebrates-50th-anniversary%2C-launches-year-of-service?submitted=1) [34](https://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/10/105735/pdfs/ar1996.pdf)

During the 1990s, Cardinal expanded into healthcare through acquisitions including Medicine Shoppe, Pyxis, Owen Healthcare and Allegiance Healthcare. It later acquired Cordis from Johnson & Johnson in 2015 and Medtronic’s Patient Care, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Nutritional Insufficiency businesses in 2017, broadening its medical-products operations. [34](https://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/10/105735/pdfs/ar1996.pdf) [35](https://newsroom.cardinalhealth.com/2015-10-04-Cardinal-Health-Completes-Acquisition-Of-Cordis) [36](https://newsroom.cardinalhealth.com/2017-07-30-Cardinal-Health-Completes-Acquisition-of-Medtronics-Patient-Recovery-Business)

In 2009, Cardinal spun off CareFusion. It sold Cordis in 2021, and in 2025 completed its acquisition of Advanced Diabetes Supply Group. [37](https://newsroom.cardinalhealth.com/company-news?item=122623) [38](https://newsroom.cardinalhealth.com/2021-08-02-Cardinal-Health-completes-sale-of-Cordis-business-to-Hellman-Friedman) [39](https://newsroom.cardinalhealth.com/2025-04-01-Cardinal-Health-completes-acquisition-of-the-Advanced-Diabetes-Supply-Group-ADSG)
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