Healthcare Distributors: Health Delivered

Distributors are the logistics experts of healthcare, connecting providers with the medicines, products and solutions essential to caring for patients in communities across America.

Distributors Are The Vital Link® in Healthcare

  • 10 Million Medicines

    Distributors deliver 10 million medicines each day, ranging from common medicines to complex therapeutics that require special handling and constant temperature monitoring.

  • 330,000 Sites of Care

    Distributors connect 1,200 manufacturers to 330,000 healthcare providers, pharmacies and other sites of care.

  • 0.3% Profit Margins

    Distributors operate on the narrowest margins in healthcare (0.3 percent), reflecting our industry’s focus on driving efficiencies and increasing productivity.

We Connect Care Across Communities

Distributors streamline the healthcare supply chain across all 50 states, connecting hundreds of manufacturers with thousands of pharmacies, hospitals, doctor’s offices and other sites of care. Beyond our core role in distributing medicines, distributors provide several services across the continuum of care to empower community pharmacies and providers to deliver the care patients need to live healthier lives.



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We Move Medicines and Healthcare Products

Providers — and ultimately patients — depend on healthcare distributors for on-time access to safe and secure delivery of medicines, vaccines and healthcare products. Distributors are the only entity in the supply chain to play this critical role. 

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Provider support

We Support Pharmacies and Providers

Distributors support approximately 20,000 independent pharmacies across the country, providing logistics expertise, administrative services, and support that allows pharmacists and providers to focus on what matters most: their patients.

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We Make the Healthcare Supply Chain Even Stronger

Healthcare distributors use their logistics expertise and strong partnerships throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain to solve healthcare’s biggest challenges, from natural disasters to supply chain disruptions. The industry brings a relentless focus to finding solutions that get medicines to patients, support providers on the front lines and ultimately foster a more resilient supply chain.

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We Are Health Delivered 

Behind each HDA distributor-member company are hundreds of thousands of passionate, committed, innovative and hard-working people.

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Showcasing Industry Experts: Faces of the Supply Chain

Faces of the Supply Chain is a video series featuring HDA member company employees reflecting on how they deliver millions of lifesaving treatments and cures to support healthcare providers and their patients nationwide. By amplifying our member voices, HDA is bringing to life the people behind the scenes who make the healthcare supply chain work.

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Advancing The Industry’s Policy Priorities

HDA and its members are committed to working with policymakers and others across healthcare to make the system stronger and more efficient for patients.
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HDA Career Center

Explore and share rewarding opportunities across the purpose-driven pharmaceutical distribution industry through HDA’s new Career Center.


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Join A Network To Leverage the Strengths of an Industry

Together, we are creating a safe, efficient and secure supply chain for all Americans — become a part of it.

For more information, contact Lisa Kanfer, Vice President, Membership and Development.

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