Amazon Pharmacy to expand same-day delivery to about 4,500 US cities and towns


Boxes lie on a conveyor belt during Cyber Monday at Amazon's fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., December 2, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Feb 11 (Reuters) - ⁠Amazon's pharmacy business will expand ⁠its same-day delivery prescription service ‌to about 4,500 cities and towns in the U.S. by the end of this ​year, adding nearly ⁠2,000 new communities ⁠to the network.

The expansion covers states ⁠including Idaho ‌and Massachusetts, the company said on Wednesday.

Amazon ⁠launched pharmaceutical delivery in 2018 through ​its acquisition ‌of PillPack.In October, it partnered ⁠with WeightWatchers ​to deliver medications including injectable GLP-1 obesity treatments for the ⁠weight-loss management firm's members.

It also ​began filling some prescriptions for common medications in December at electronic ⁠kiosks in its One Medical primary care locations. One Medical, a national primary care provider Amazon acquired ​in 2023, allows ⁠patients to access primary and urgent ​care for an ‌annual subscription fee of $199.

(Reporting ​by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)

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