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McKESSON CORPORATION
8
Competition
In every area of healthcare distribution operations, our Distribution Solutions segment faces strong competition,
both in price and service, from national, regional and local full-line, short-line and specialty wholesalers, service
merchandisers, self-warehousing chains, manufacturers engaged in direct distribution and large payor organizations.
In addition, this segment faces competition from various other service providers and from pharmaceutical and other
healthcare manufacturers (as well as other potential customers of the segment) which may from time to time decide
to develop, for their own internal needs, supply management capabilities provided by the segment. Price, quality of
service, and in some cases, convenience to the customer are generally the principal competitive elements in this
segment.
Our Technology Solutions segment experiences substantial competition from many firms, including other
computer services firms, consulting firms, shared service vendors, certain hospitals and hospital groups, hardware
vendors and Internet-based companies with technology applicable to the healthcare industry. Competition varies in
size from small to large companies, in geographical coverage and in scope and breadth of products and services
offered.
Intellectual Property
The principal trademarks and service marks of the Distribution Solutions segment include: AccessHealth®,
Acumax®, Closed Loop DistributionSM, Comets®, ConsumerScriptSM,.com Pharmacy Solutions®, Econolink®,
Empowering Healthcare®, EnterpriseRx™, Expect More From MooreSM, FrontEdge™, Fulfill-Rx™, Health Mart®,
High Performance PharmacySM, LoyaltyScriptSM, Max ImpactSM, McKesson®, McKesson Advantage®, McKesson
Empowering Healthcare®, McKesson Max Rewards®, McKesson OneStop Generics®, McKesson Priority
Express®, McKesson Supply ManagerSM, MediNet™, Medi-Pak®, Mobile ManagerSM, Moore Medical®,
MoorebrandSM, NOA®, Pharma360®, PharmacyRx™, Pharmaserv®, PharmAssureSM, ProIntercept®, ProMed®,
ProPBM®, RX PakSM, RX Savings Access®, ServiceFirst®, Staydry®, Sunmark®, Supply Management OnlineSM,
TrialScript®, Valu-Rite®, XVIII B Medi Mart® and ZEE®.
The substantial majority of technical concepts and codes embodied in our Technology Solutions segment’ s
computer programs and program documentation are protected as trade secrets. The principal trademarks and service
marks for this segment are: AcuDose-Rx®, ANSOS™, Ask-A-Nurse®, Care Fully Connected™, CareEnhance®,
CarePoint-RN™, Connect-RN™, Connect-Rx®, CRMS®, DataStat®, ePremis®, Episode Profiler®, E-Script™,
Fulfill-RxSM, HealthQuest®, Horizon Admin-Rx™, Horizon Clinicals®, HorizonWP®, InterQual®, Lytec®,
MedCarousel®, Medisoft™, One-Call®, One-Staff®, ORSOS™, PACMED™, Pak Plus-Rx®, Paragon®,
Pathways 2000®, Patterns Profiler™, Per-Se®, Per-Se Technologies® (and logo), PerYourHealth.com®, Practice
Partner®, Premis®, RelayHealth®, ROBOT-Rx®, SelfPace®, Series 2000™, STAR 2000™, SupplyScan™,
TRENDSTAR® and WebVisit™.
We also own other registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks and similar rights used by our
business segments. All of the principal trademarks and service marks are registered in the United States, or
registrations have been applied for with respect to such marks, in addition to certain other jurisdictions. The United
States federal registrations of these trademarks have terms of ten or twenty years, depending on date of registration,
and are subject to unlimited renewals. We believe we have taken all necessary steps to preserve the registration and
duration of our trademarks and service marks, although no assurance can be given that we will be able to
successfully enforce or protect our rights thereunder in the event that they are subject to third-party infringement
claims. We do not consider any particular patent, license, franchise or concession to be material to our business.
We also hold copyrights in, and patents related to, many of our products.