CNBC September 19, 2022
Key Points
– TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen, two executives behind Amazon’s push into health care, are departing the company at the end of this month.
– Parker and Cohen co-founded prescription pharmacy startup PillPack in 2013.
– Amazon acquired PillPack in 2018 for about $750 million.
Two Amazon executives who played a formative role in the retail giant’s push into health care are departing.
TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen, the co-founders of prescription drug startup PillPack, will leave Amazon at the end of this month, according to a post on Parker’s LinkedIn profile. Amazon bought PillPack in 2018 for about $750 million.
After the acquisition, Parker and Cohen helped steer the launch of Amazon Pharmacy, the company’s online pharmacy...