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S1 E4: How Amazon Disrupted The Drug Business With The Help of a Scrappy Startup

The Closer: Deals Change the World

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Amazon is buying online pharmacy pill pack for $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Shares of Walgreens, CVS, and Bright Aid each plunged on the news,. collectively losing $12.8 billion in value at one point today. Amazon had been quietly working on a few healthcare ventures for several years but there were no signs yet of the company's trademark disruption.

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