They are called "partners" because McKesson and Cardinal Health STOCK products in their distribution warehouses to fulfill orders. They also engage directly in marketing the product to their customers - CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, etc..... Because they take an active role in the sales and marketing chain, and derive an additional financial benefit for that, they are for all intents and purposes "partners" in the sale of the product. The SafeDOSE and MyDOSE products are engineering, marketing, manufacturing and sales partnerships in the same sense as any company that improves another companies products with new technology under contract to do so. And in the medical profession, any relationship that is put together to further secure and preventing drug abuse and diversion are all considered "partnerships" for a common good.
Who do you think is providing product to CVS? Its obviously through McKesson, because thats how it works at the pharmacy level, and this product is being sold through CVS's pharmacy division. Thats how it works.
