Baker Automated Prescription Systems Inc

McKesson Corp., the nation's largest drug wholesaler, agreed to buy closely held Baker/Automated Prescription Systems Inc. for about $154.9 million in stock and debt to expand its line of automated drug-dispensing systems. San Francisco-based McKesson would pay about 1.3 million shares and assume about $48 million in debt and other liabilities for Pineville, La.-based Baker/APS, the top maker of automated counting and dispensing systems for U.S. retail, mail-order and outpatient pharmacies.

McKesson Corp., the nation's largest drug wholesaler, agreed to buy closely held Baker/Automated Prescription Systems Inc. for about $154.9 million in stock and debt to expand its line of automated drug-dispensing systems. San Francisco-based McKesson would pay about 1.3 million shares and assume about $48 million in debt and other liabilities for Pineville, La.-based Baker/APS, the top maker of automated counting and dispensing systems for U.S. retail, mail-order and outpatient pharmacies.