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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by jonknee on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:01PM (#17418031)
They have lots of different businesses and associated supply chains, they're not going to have random 3rd parties selling prescriptions on Amazon like they do for many verticals.

There would be no reason to integrate prescriptions in with their warehouses, so I don't think one is going to change the other.

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by petra on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:07PM (#17418090)
Interesting.

Do they all ready have a supply chain close to the requirements needed in healthcare ? For what ?

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by jonknee on Thursday June 28, 2018 @01:05PM (#17418642)
They operate data centers for the CIA, I'm sure they can figure out how to get your pills from Pfizer to your front door. Regardless, they just bought a company that already figured this out. The hard part is the nationwide licensing, dealing with insurance and record keeping, not pick and pack.
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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by xkjkls on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:43PM (#17418459)
It depends on what you mean by healthcare. There are many different supply chains in the industry and they are all regulated and managed slightly differently.
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