Amazon Pharmacy to expand same-day delivery to nearly 4,500 US cities

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Amazon Pharmacy, the retail giant’s online pharmacy, plans to bring same-day medicine transportation to astir 4,500 U.S. cities and towns by the extremity of this year, adding astir 2,000 caller communities to its network. The enlargement volition screen customers successful recently served states specified arsenic Idaho and Massachusetts, the institution announced connected Wednesday.

Amazon launched Amazon Pharmacy successful 2020, 2 years after its $753 cardinal acquisition of medicine medicine transportation work PillPack. In 2023, Amazon launched RxPass, a work that offers Prime members successful the U.S. arsenic galore generic versions of medications arsenic they request for a $5 monthly fee.

“Patients shouldn’t person to take betwixt speed, cost, and convenience erstwhile it comes to their medication, careless of wherever they live,” said John Love, vice president of Amazon Pharmacy, successful a press release. “By combining our pharmacy expertise with our logistics network, we’re removing captious barriers and helping patients commencement attraction faster—setting a caller modular for accessible, digital-forward pharmacy care.”

In October, the e-commerce elephantine debuted medicine vending machines astatine its One Medical clinics. The in-office kiosks, which are operated by Amazon Pharmacy, fto patients prime up their prescriptions instantly aft their appointment.

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