CNBC October 9, 2024
Annie Palmer

Key Points

– Amazon said it plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to an additional 20 U.S. cities next year.

– The prescriptions are offered through Amazon Pharmacy, an online drug store that launched in 2020.

– Amazon has been working to speed up deliveries of medication as it looks to accelerate its push into health care.

Amazon plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to 20 more cities next year, the company said Wednesday, marking the latest phase of its push into health care.

As part of the expansion, which will make speedy medicine delivery available in nearly half of the U.S., Amazon said, it is embedding pharmacies in same-day delivery facilities often clustered around major metro areas. The company...

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