Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B

Post by wjp3 » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 10:13 PM UTC

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It does. The only problem is getting more granular - if you have a medication that is administered throughout a day, you'll have to handle that yourself.

That's not exactly true, if you take medications at different times during the day you'll have multiple packs for a single day marked with the time of day.

Post by harshaw » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 10:31 PM UTC

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Likely it's due to the Controlled Substances Act - one of the most common ADHD medications, Adderall, is schedule 2 or schedule 3. Electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS) has strict requirements and your local pharmacy or your physician may not yet be certified.

Right, but Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine) is also a Schedule II ADHD medication, hence my surprise that this person has to jump through more hoops than I do. You have a point about certification, though... perhaps less populous areas don’t have these advanced systems in place.

Post by DenisM » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 10:35 PM UTC

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All the time. They tried to make a move into retail registers to compete with Square, and failed. They shuttered Amazon register in 2015: https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/amazon-shutting-do... They tried to take on Etsy with Amazon Handmade which bombed Etsy stock, but Handmade has gone pretty much nowhere, except some re-branding this year. People just forget Amazon's failed ventures, even fairly high profi…

From a consumer adoption standpoint, the only thing standing in Amazon Register's way was a lack of marketing. As a merchant, it was amazing. They offered promotional rate of 1.75%, which is basically impossible to beat for any small business. For context, Square and most "simple pay per swipe" merchant service providers charge 2.75%. If you go out and get a really good deal from a intrchange+ provider, you might be…

Post by beenBoutIT » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 10:44 PM UTC

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This is a very ill-informed opinion. The supply chain is very strictly regulated for pharmaceutical medications. Do you really think that Amazon can get their stock medications from just anyone? Do you think there is no oversight on this kind of thing? The DEA doesn't fuck around. They take all of this stuff very seriously. Commingling medications? Really? In a pharmacy, medications are NEVER allowed to be commingled…

> When a prescriptions for a schedule II drug is filled, the pharmacy technician has to count the number of pills being filled twice. Then the pharmacist has to count the number of pills, and then backcount the stock bottle to make sure everything is kosher and no pills are missing. Good grace. What a load of unnecessary bureaucracy.

Post by not_kurt_godel » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 10:54 PM UTC

beenBoutIT wrote: post #248

mschuster91 wrote: post #243

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> When a prescriptions for a schedule II drug is filled, the pharmacy technician has to count the number of pills being filled twice. Then the pharmacist has to count the number of pills, and then backcount the stock bottle to make sure everything is kosher and no pills are missing. Good grace. What a load of unnecessary bureaucracy.

In the modern world medicines come in pre-counted blister packs where there is zero room for error. Here in America we have to wait around an hour for some dolt to count and then double count the pills.