Healthcare DIVE October 16, 2018
Rebecca Pifer

Dive Brief:

  • CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo said the company is eyeing but ready to compete against Amazon, touting its capabilities to roll out something similar to the delivery service PillPack, which Amazon’s bought for $1 billion. “The goal being, don’t leave any white space for Amazon to disrupt,” he said.

  • The executive said of the pharmacy chain’s 1,100 MinuteClinics that half of the roughly 40 million patients seen don’t have a primary care physician. Merlo spoke days after federal regulators cleared CVS’ $69 billion buy of Aetna at an Economic Club of Washington event in D.C. on Monday.

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Topics: Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions / JV, Payer, Pharma, Provider, Retail care, Trends
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