MedCity News November 21, 2021
The company launched a new health division, and has doubled down on its plans to open primary care clinics with VillageMD. It faces big competitors in CVS and Walmart, and it’ll take time to see if its new strategy pays off.
Eight months into her tenure as Walgreens’ new CEO, Roz Brewer explained the pharmacy chain’s growing healthcare ambitions by telling a story about her mom.
Her mother had been diagnosed with several serious health conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney failure, Brewer told investors in an Oct. 14 call. Even with good health insurance, and family members who could provide support — some of whom worked in healthcare — navigating her care was “confusing, unwieldy and burdensome.”
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