Feb 27, 2019 / 04:00PM GMT
David M. Larsen - SVB Leerink LLC, Research Division - MD, Healthcare Information Technology and Distribution
All right, let's get started. I'm Dave Larsen, a healthcare IT distribution analyst here for SVB Leerink. We're delighted to have Steve Paladino of Henry Schein with us. Thanks, Steve, for joining; and Carolynne Borders is here as well. So I appreciate it. Thanks.
Steven Paladino - Henry Schein, Inc. - Executive VP, CFO & Executive Director
Thank you.
Questions and Answers:
David M. Larsen - SVB Leerink LLC, Research Division - MD, Healthcare Information Technology and DistributionAll right. Let's get started. Why don't you talk about the Animal Health spin? So what was the rationale behind that? Why did you spin that off? That was a pretty good grower for you guys. Maybe just your thoughts on that would be great.
Steven Paladino - Henry Schein, Inc. - Executive VP, CFO & Executive Director
Sure. Well, first, it was a bit of a historic year for us in