PillPack

PillPack, Inc. is an American online pharmacy which is a subsidiary of Amazon.com. It is based in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States.[1] The company was founded in 2013.

PillPack, Inc.
Privately held company
IndustryPharmaceutical
Founded2013 (2013)
FoundersTJ Parker
Elliot Cohen
HeadquartersManchester, New Hampshire, United States
Area served
United States
ServicesOnline retailer
ParentAmazon.com
Websitepillpack.com

History

The company was founded in 2013 by TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen.[2] By 2014 the IDEO incubated company was licensed in 31 states and shipping medication in dosage packets with robots handling the packaging process.[3]

In June 2018, Amazon.com acquired the company for a reported US$753 million.[4] In November of 2019, the company changed their branding from "PillPack, an Amazon company" to "PillPack by Amazon Pharmacy."[5]

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References
  1. Lunden, Ingrid (2018-06-28). "Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B". TechCrunch.
  2. Kokosky, Gina; Hall, Colleen (2018-06-28). "Amazon Enters the Pharmacy World with Acquisition of PillPack". Pharmacy Times.
  3. Flaherty, Joe (14 February 2014). "A Drug-Dealing Robot That Upends the Pharmacy Model". Wired. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. Farr, Christina (2019-05-10). "The inside story of why Amazon bought PillPack in its effort to crack the $500 billion prescription market". CNBC.
  5. Garcia, Ahiza (2019-11-15). "Amazon rolls out 'Amazon Pharmacy' branding to PillPack". CNN Business. Cable News Network. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
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