Re:PillPack Raises $4M in Bid to Become Top Mail-Order Pharmacy
by arosenbaum on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:13PM
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So Express Scripts ($100B in annual sales) is going to get taken out by unit dose packaging? WalMart's pharmacy is also testing blister packs + multi-dose...I don't see how this displaces ESI...
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Re:PillPack Raises $4M in Bid to Become Top Mail-Order Pharmacy
by refurb on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:38PM
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My question is what's to stop the existing mail order pharmacies from doing the same thing?
My guess is that they'll get bought out if it takes off. Other pharmacies will copy the process.
Re:PillPack Raises $4M in Bid to Become Top Mail-Order Pharmacy
by malandrew on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @05:18PM
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I would imagine that the ideal scenario is someone designing completely automated equipment for dispensing pills, verifying the pill visually via OpenCV or other computer vision software and packing the pills in a box ready for delivery. This would do the same for mail-order medication as Kiva did for Amazon warehouse automation.