It's a highly complex market, but it's worth billions of dollars for Amazon.
Health experts say it's a matter of time before Amazon sells prescription medicines on its online marketplace.," but it's missing one major category. And that's our prescription medicines. But that might soon change, in the wake of Amazon's roughly $1 billion acquisition of PillPack, an internet pharmacy.
Health experts told CNBC that it's only a mater of time before Amazon starts selling prescription drugs on its online marketplace, and that it's assembling a team to do just that. For Amazon, pharmacy represents a multibillion market opportunity, but it's also highly complicated and will involve battling with some entrenched competition that has a vested interest in keeping drug prices high.
But Amazon, with its scale, leverage, and supply chain expertise, could be the company to do it, the experts said.
I stopped buying from Amazon, I found better deals elsewhere. And they treat their employees horribly.
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After reading about the number of items from third party sellers not meeting safety standards, no way.
There is this issue with standard delivery services used to transport our meds by mail. Mail-order pharmacy has risks & patients must be warned. Because UPS doesn't seem to care any more than the PBMs CVS ExpressScripts OptumRX that force us to mail.
Please Read: Due to Risk, Mail Order Pharmacy Is NOT Your Next Netflix & Blockbuster ' With each shipment, the risk of the package being destroyed, mishandled, stolen or delayed is a real threat to a patient's health. '
No thanks