Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH), Dublin, OH, reported sales for the fiscal 2016 first quarter of $28.1 billion, an increase of 17 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Profit increased 44 percent to $383 million.
Pharmaceutical segment sales increased 19 percent year-over-year to $25.1 billion and medical segment sales grew 2 percent to $2.9 billion.