The Amazon Pharmacy dwelling display screen is seen on a smartphone, Nov. 17, 2020.
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Amazon plans to carry same-day prescription supply to twenty extra cities subsequent 12 months, the corporate stated Wednesday, marking the newest part of its push into well being care.
As a part of the growth, which can make speedy medication supply obtainable in practically half of the U.S., Amazon stated, it’s embedding pharmacies in same-day supply amenities usually clustered round main metro areas. The corporate introduced its plans throughout a press occasion at certainly one of its warehouses close to Nashville, Tennessee.
Amazon in March launched same-day pharmacy supply in New York and Los Angeles, after launching the service in Indianapolis, Miami, Phoenix, Seattle, and Austin, Texas. A few of the cities that shall be added in 2025 embody Boston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and San Diego.
The corporate has labored to speed up remedy deliveries. It is been testing prescription supply by drone in a single Texas metropolis. Usually, the corporate stated, when customers order same-day supply of their remedy by 4 p.m. they’ll obtain it at dwelling by 10 p.m.
The prescriptions are provided by means of Amazon Pharmacy, a piece of its web site and app that permits customers to order remedy, with free supply for Prime members. Launched in 2020, Amazon Pharmacy was born out of the corporate’s 2018 acquisition of on-line pharmacy PillPack. The corporate in January stated it had doubled the variety of clients it serves up to now 12 months, although it did not present a particular quantity.
It faces competitors from conventional pharmacies similar to CVS and Walgreens, in addition to different massive retailers that supply pharmacy companies, similar to Walmart. Amazon stated Wednesday it is capitalizing on the care gaps created by the rising variety of “pharmacy deserts” within the U.S., which may restrict a affected person’s entry to drugs and pharmacist care. Chain shops similar to Walgreens and CVS have shuttered a whole lot of places not too long ago as they wrestle to take care of profitability.
Amazon’s on-line pharmacy is part of the corporate’s multiyear effort to make inroads within the health-care business. The corporate acquired major care supplier One Medical for roughly $3.9 billion in July 2022. It launched then shuttered its telehealth service, Amazon Care, together with a line of well being and wellness gadgets.
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