Amazon ’ s Dive Into Healthcare: A 2021 Update

What do the publishing, film and healthcare industries have in common? They are all fields that tech giant Amazon ventures into. But even though healthcare is the latest the company got involved in – at least publicly -, Amazon is making leaps in the field. We explored those leaps at length in our dedicated e-book, Tech Giants In Healthcare. For a deeper dive and a bigger picture of its long-term plans, we would recommend you to get a copy. With this article, we are kicking off a new series that provides a snapshot of what a given tech company is working on that is relevant to healthcare. We will focus more on their most recent developments so that you can consider these articles as supplements to the e-book.  We’re starting with Amazon: exploring what the company has been focusing on in recent months. As Sandeep Unni, senior director at technology analyst Gartner, recently told ZDNet: “If anyone can break into spaces as entrenched in healthcare, it’s probably someone like Amazon.” So let’s explore Amazon’s recent healthcare bets and contemplate what might come next for them given those recent developments. Aiming to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry When in 2017 Amazon received drug distribution licenses in over 10 U. S. states, the news sent traditional players in the pharmaceutical market into a frenzy. The company had already sold over-the-counter medications in the U.S. before. Now it could sell prescription dr...
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