Omnicare (OCR)

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Omnicare (NYSE:OCR) is a leading pharmaceutical services company which provides medicines to the elderly who live in nursing homes and assisted-living centers.

[edit] Business Overview

The Company operates in two divisions: Pharmacy Services and Contract Research.

[edit] Pharmacy Services

OCR basically purchases prescription and non-prescription medication according to physician orders, and delivers these medicines to long-term care where senior citizens live. OCR uses a unit-of-use drug distribution system, where prescriptions are packaged for dispensing in individual doses. This is different from prescriptions filled by retail pharmacies such as CVS (CVS) or Walgreen Company (WAG), usually sell medicines in a bottle or in bulk. Unit-of-use drug distribution system is designed to make sure that patients take the right dose, at the right time.

[edit] Contract Research Organization (CRO)

CRO segment provides product development and research services pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical devices companies.

OCR 2006 Annual Report^[1]

OCR 2006 Annual Report^[2]

[edit] Trends and Forces

[edit] Market Share

Omnicare has roughly 50% market share in the institutional pharma market.

[edit] Competition

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Company	Data From	Number of Stores	Revenue from Perscription drugs	Revenue from over the Counter Sales	Revenue from Merchandise sales	Front Store Sales	Comparable Sales Growth
CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS)	2007	6.3K[3]	$51.9B[4]	$9.92B[4]	$14.5B[4]	$24.4B[4]	5.3%[4]
Omnicare (OCR)	2007	Add	$6.02B[5]	Add	Add	Add	Add
PHARMERICA CORPORATION (PMC)	2007	Add	$1.16B[6]	Add	Add	Add	Add
Rite Aid (RAD)	2007	3.33K[7]	$11.2B[8]	$3.76B[8]	$2.59B[8]	$6.36B[9]	3.4%[9]
Walgreen Company (WAG)	2007	6K[10]	$34.9B[10]	$5.38B[11]	$13.4B[11]	$18.8B[11]	8.1%[10]

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[edit] References

1. ↑ OCR 2006 10k, Pg. 46
2. ↑ OCR 2006 10k, Pg. 56-58
3. ↑ CVS,2007,10-K,Item-6,Page-29
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} CVS,2007,10-K,Item-6,Page-22
5. ↑ OCR,2007,10-K,item -8 Page-93
6. ↑ PMC,AR-2007,Page-36
7. ↑ RAD,2007,10-K,Item-6,Page-30
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} RAD,2007,10-K,Item-1,Page-7
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} RAD,2007,10-K,Item-7,Page-34
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} WAG,2007,10-K,Item-6,Page-na
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} WAG,2007,10-K,Item-1,Page-3