Category: NASDAQ:AMZN

Healthcare Startups Promise To Rein In Costs

No magic bullet but many novel approaches to complex issue.

Walgreens Braces For Amazon’s Beauty Care Play

Amazon’s plan to open grocery stores with beauty and personal care products comes as Walgreens Boots Alliance steps up its e-commerce in food and beauty.

Walmart Adds 12th Center Of Excellence To Knee, Hip Surgery Network

Walmart said Ochsner Health System will be the 12th healthcare provider in its Center of Excellence program for joint replacement surgeries for its workers.

Big Pharma Less Concerned About Industry Disruption This Year

Lesser threat seen from Amazon and government action to lower prices.

In Blockbuster Alliance, Walgreens And Microsoft To Develop ‘New Healthcare Models’

Walgreens said it has formed a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to “develop new health care delivery models, technology and retail innovations to advance and improve the future of health care.”

Amazon Is Feeling Better About Your Illness

Amazon.com’s plans to revolutionize healthcare are starting to come into focus. It should come as no surprise that the Seattle ecommerce giant plans to upend this sector, too.

Walmart’s Health Plan Is Way Ahead Of Amazon’s Buffett-JPMorgan Project

Amazon’s brick-and-mortar rival Walmart is expanding a specialized health benefit program for workers and launching accountable care plans across the U.S.

Walgreens To Cut $1B In Annual Costs Amid Global Reimbursement Pressures

Walgreens Boots Alliance is launching a “transformational cost management program” designed to save more than $1 billion annual within three years.

Bracing For Amazon, Walgreens Launches Next-Day Drug Delivery With FedEx

Walgreens and FedEx are launching nationwide next-day prescription delivery.

An Amazon Survival Guide Is Needed

Amazon’s announcement of 2 homes for HQ2 has been met with apprehension. An Amazon Survival Guide is needed in both locations, which are already plagued by affordable housing issues, fierce wars for talent and increasingly squeezed lower-income populat…