Amazon said it will buy online pharmacy PillPack, marking its latest push into the healthcare industry.The announcement reverberated through the entire supply chain, with the stocks of pharmacies and drug wholesalers getting hit hard.This is just the most recent example of Amazon’s ability to disrupt an entire industry with a single corporate action.Amazon announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire PillPack, an online pharmacy.PillPack’s business is built around customers who take multiple daily prescriptions. It offers medications in pre-sorted dose packaging, coordinates refills, and handles shipments.The deal — for which terms were not immediately disclosed — marks Amazon’s latest push into the healthcare industry. In January, the company announced a collaboration with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway to reduce healthcare costs for US workers.”PillPack’s visionary team has a combination of deep pharmacy experience and a focus on technology,” Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s CEO of worldwide consumer said in a release. “PillPack is meaningfully improving its customers’ lives, and we want to help them continue making it easy for people to save time, simplify their lives, and feel healthier.”RELATED: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos through the years 35 PHOTOS Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos See Gallery Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Photo via AOL Photo via Getty Photo via Getty Photo… Read full this story
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