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Interestingly, CVS had an identical program-- which they canceled in March. https://pharmaphorum.com/news/cvs-ends-multi-dose-packaging-offering-simpledose http

Interestingly, CVS had an identical program-- which they canceled in March. https://pharmaphorum.com/news/cvs-ends-multi-dose-packaging-offering-simpledose https://pharmaphorum.com/news/cvs-ends-multi-dose-packaging-... Wonder if it's still under patent and Amazon jacked up the licensing fee? Several other pharmacies offer similar products: https://medbox.com/ https://medbox.com/ https://www.simplemeds.com/ https://www.simplemeds.com/ https://accupacrx.com/ https://accupacrx.com/ etc

varispeed 3y ago
How something like this gets patented? There is nothing innovative about this.
HWR_14 3y ago
My guess is that the liability increase for mispacking the pills outweighs any incremental mail-order pill sales CVS generated with the program. With Amazon starting their program up, the ability to entice new customers is probably worth the risk to them.
kotaKat 3y ago
Oh, there's no licensing fee to Amazon -- PillPack is just using off the shelf medication pouch packaging systems, albeit at larger scale than most pharmacies. https://rxsafe.com/solutions/pouch-packaging/ https://rxsafe.com/solutions/pouch-packaging/