The market is buzzing with speculation that Amazon.com Inc will enter the pharmacy business. Some drugmakers are just fine with changes the tech retail giant might bring to the complex market.
Drug companies say getting medicine into patients’ hands is too complicated and costly. Some have pointed to the multiple layers of middlemen – including insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, distributors and pharmacies – as one reason for distorted prices and high costs in the US.
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