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SubscribersCencora is buying 350 oncology prescribers for $2.4 billion. Its own 10-K says ten customers are 66 percent of its revenue.On October 21, 2026, Cencora signed a definitive agreement to acquire American Oncology Network, a physician led network of more than 350 oncology providers across 21 states, at anM&AContracts & awardsNon-acuteMarket EditionThe Big Three GPOs ComparedEditor's note, from GPO Intel: contributed by a member of the GPO Intel expert network and published as written. The author advises a private equity firm; the views are his own. ChAIM&ALeadershipMarket EditionSubscribersYankee Alliance is winding down. Neither it nor Pandion has named a destination for the acute membership.Yankee Alliance announced a planned wind down on September 29, 2026. Members and services move to "new strategic partnerships" from January 1, 2027, and the release does not name aM&ALeadershipMembershipSubscribersPandion bought Yankee's non-acute business ten weeks after raising money to buy things. It is Yankee's second sale in two years.Pandion Optimization Alliance has agreed to acquire Yankee Alliance's non acute affiliate business. Pandion announced a multi hundred million dollar commitment for acquisitions tenM&AMembershipNon-acuteSubscribersPremier put AI under a new chief officer. Vizient put $1 billion behind it.Premier and Vizient both announced AI work this week. Premier hired a Chief AI and Analytics Officer and put him in a new center reporting to the chief executive.AIM&ALeadershipSubscribersVizient acquires SxanPro, a Grand Rapids startup whose app scans supplies on hospital shelves for expiration dates and recalls. GHX, Cardinal Health and Owens & Minor already own similar capabilitiesVizient closed on SxanPro on September 17. SxanPro is a 2019 Grand Rapids startup; its founder stays on as vice president. GHX, Cardinal Health and Owens & Minor already own comparM&ASubscribersWhat Premier Actually Sold, and What It KeptTeardown 7 — What Premier Actually Sold, and What It Kept The agreement that priced the divestiture was never sealed and never fought over.LitigationM&AContracts & awards