Cardinal Health announced Debbie Weitzman, current President of Pharmaceutical Distribution, will become CEO of the Company's Pharmaceutical Segment. Weitzman will replace Victor Crawford, who will be stepping down as Pharmaceutical Segment CEO effective September 19, but will remain with the company until November 13 to help with the transition. The role of President of Pharmaceutical Distribution will be eliminated.

The company has further streamlined the Pharmaceutical Segment by restructuring and eliminating additional roles. As a result of these changes, the Pharmaceutical and Specialty Distribution businesses will both report directly to Debbie Weitzman. The moves in the Pharmaceutical Segment come as part of the company's broader simplification efforts to streamline its organizational structure and are specifically aimed to strengthen the company's Pharmaceutical and Specialty Distribution, as well as bring together similar services under one team.

Debbie Weitzman has been President of Pharmaceutical Distribution at Cardinal Health since 2017, leading the company's distribution efforts to thousands of pharmacies across the care continuum, from retail and hospital pharmacies to long-term care and community health center pharmacies. Debbie also led the launch of and oversees Outcomes™, a unified ecosystem that brings together patient engagement, clinical intervention and pharmacy workflow solutions to enhance patient outcomes. Throughout her 16-year career at Cardinal Health, Debbie has served in varying leadership roles across sales and distribution operations.

Debbie has extensive international experience having previously served as the senior vice president and general manager of Cardinal Health Puerto Rico, responsible for sales and distribution operations for pharmaceutical products, medical-surgical products, hospital pharmacy management and logistics services in Puerto Rico and Latin America. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Debbie held positions of increasing responsibility at Johnson & Johnson Medical Caribbean. She began her career in banking at J.P. Morgan, followed by various marketing roles in consumer brand management both in the United States and Puerto Rico.