Analyst: Amazon Possibly Priming Itself As Medical Device Retailer
Executive Summary
The online retail giant has long been considered a potential threat to retail and mail-order pharmacists but, according to at least one analyst, the company may actually be gearing up to home-deliver medical devices to several states.
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