Amazon launches prescription drug service as Prime add-on perk

Amazon.com Inc. has began a $5-per-month drug subscription service for Prime members, the e-commerce big’s newest foray into well being care.

Known as RxPass, the service lets sufferers order generic medicines that deal with greater than 80 widespread well being circumstances, the corporate stated in a press release Tuesday. Clients should be members of Amazon’s $139-a-year Prime service to hitch and will probably be entitled to free supply.

RxPass is offered in most U.S. states however for now excludes a lot of closely populated ones, together with California, Pennsylvania and Texas. This system’s net web page lists a menu of 53 obtainable medicines.

“We’re excited to supply our clients surprisingly easy, low pricing on the eligible medicines they want every month,” stated John Love, vice chairman of Amazon Pharmacy.

Amazon for years has been attempting to interrupt into the well being care trade. It bought mail-order pharmacy PillPack Inc. in 2018 and joined a a lot ballyhooed well being care enterprise with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. that fizzled out after three years.

The corporate additionally developed a telehealth and residential well being service, known as Amazon Care, that wound down after working for slightly greater than a 12 months. Amazon is now attempting to buy the dad or mum of the One Medical line of medical clinics for $3.49 billion.

Matt Day, Bloomberg