{"id":49135,"date":"2017-10-27T06:46:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T06:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49135"},"modified":"2017-10-27T06:46:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T06:46:22","slug":"amazon-gains-wholesale-pharmacy-licenses-in-many-u-s-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/amazon-gains-wholesale-pharmacy-licenses-in-many-u-s-states.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazon gains wholesale pharmacy licenses in many U.S. states"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Amazon gains wholesale pharmacy licenses in many U.S. states<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Amazon.com Inc has gained approval from a number of state pharmaceutical boards to become a wholesale distributor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on Thursday, citing public records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The news <\/span>send<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\"> the shares of U.S. pharmacy chains, drug <\/span>wholesalers<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\"> and pharmacy <\/span>benefit<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\"> manager Express Scripts down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">An Amazon spokesperson said it doesn\u2019t comment on rumors or speculation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Earlier this month, a source-based report by CNBC said Amazon would decide before Thanksgiving whether to move into selling prescription drugs online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The <\/span>ecommerce<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\"> giant is reported to be in talks with mid-market pharmacy benefit managers and has been hiring talent to assess the drug retailing market for its entry, brokerage firm Leerink had said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Source:http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-amazon-com-retail\/amazon-gains-wholesale-pharmacy-licenses-in-many-u-s-states-report-idUSKBN1CV388<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/amazon-gains-wholesale-pharmacy-licenses-in-many-u-s-states.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon gains wholesale pharmacy licenses in many U.S. states Amazon.com Inc has gained approval from a number of state pharmaceutical boards to become a wholesale distributor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on Thursday, citing public records. 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