Amazon Loses PillPack Founders Four Years After Acquisition of Pharmacy Startup

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TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen co-founded PillPack, the prescription pharmacy startup Amazon acquired in 2018.

. The entity was called Haven, and its initial expected entry into the health-care market had sent shares of providers tumbling.it would acquire One Medical for $3.9 billion, bringing in a network of boutique primary care clinics. Amazon also operates a consumer diagnostics venture.CNBC reported

the company elevated its former Prime boss Neil Lindsay to oversee its health efforts. John Love, who previously served as a vice president in Amazon's Alexa division, was named vice president of Pharmacy and PillPack in January. In a memo to the health services team on Monday, Lindsay called the departure of Parker and Cohen"bittersweet" and thanked the PillPack founders for helping develop the strategy"to help improve the customer health care experience."

"Driven by their vision and customer obsession, the PillPack business and capabilities became the foundation of Amazon Pharmacy," Lindsay wrote.

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