News / UPS major healthcare offensive aims to exploit current FedEx weakness

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UPS is turning the screws on its big rival in the healthcare arena, as, with a fully integrated healthcare unit, it makes a big push to strengthen its position at a time when FedEx is under pressure.

On 3 December, UPS announced that Wes Wheeler, the former CEO of subsidiary Marken, had been appointed president of the recently unveiled global healthcare and life sciences unit.

In October, the company had announced the consolidation of its healthcare activities into a single unit, uniting ...