Cardinal Health to Buy Harvard Drug Group for $1.12 Billion

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Cardinal Health Inc. said it will buy the Harvard Drug Group from Court Square Capital Partners for $1.12 billion to increase its distribution of generic drugs.

Cardinal Health will fund the acquisition with cash and new debt, the Dublin, Ohio-based company said Friday in a statementBloomberg Terminal. The purchase will add more than 15 cents to earnings per share from continuing operations in fiscal-year 2016, it said.