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‘More Amazon and less pharmacy’: one exec on the company’s strategy for prescription drugs

  • Kate Sheridan

By Kate Sheridan May 12, 2021

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TJ Parker, the vice president of pharmacy at Amazon. STAT

Amazon’s objectives for its nascent pharmacy business are straightforward: “better selection, better convenience, and better prices,” according to TJ Parker, the vice president of pharmacy at the company.

“It really is the Amazon playbook,” he said during a Wednesday panel at STAT’s Health Tech Summit.

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Kate Sheridan

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