Amazon provides puppy prescriptions to its on-line pharmacy

Amazon is increasing its on-line pharmacy to fill prescription puppy medicines, the corporate introduced Thursday.

The corporate stated it has added “hundreds of commonly prescribed pet medications” to its U.S. web site, starting from flea and tick answers to therapies for continual stipulations.

Prescriptions are bought by means of Amazon’s storefront and will have to be authorized via a veterinarian. Online puppy pharmacy Vetsource will oversee the dishing out and supply of medicines, stated Amazon, including that pieces are in most cases delivered inside two to 6 days.

Amazon introduced its virtual drugstore in 2020 with the added perk of reductions and loose supply for Prime individuals. The corporate has been operating to hurry up prescription shipments during the last yr, bringing same-day supply to a handful of U.S. towns. Last October, Amazon set a objective to make rapid medication supply to be had in just about part of the U.S. in 2025.

The new puppy drugs choices places Amazon into extra direct pageant with on-line puppy pharmacy Chewy, in addition to Walmart, which provides puppy prescription supply.

Amazon Pharmacy is a part of the corporate’s rising solid of healthcare choices, which additionally contains One Medical, the principle care supplier it bought for kind of $3.9 billion in July 2022. Amazon’s on-line pharmacy was once born out of the corporate’s 2018 acquisition of on-line pharmacy PillPack.

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