While Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods made national headlines, the online retailer is also making moves in another lucrative industry: medical supplies.
Modern Healthcare reports that the growing popularity of Amazon Business in the medical supply sector will put pressure on supply distributors to lower their prices. This could lead to a decreased price in medical care for the consumer, helping to offset the skyrocketing price of medical care in recent years.
Modern Healthcare notes that some products, such as implants and certain medications, will not be purchasable on Amazon due to regulation requirements. However, the article does state that Amazon is potentially looking into entering the pharmaceutical market, so only time will tell.
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