Future generations of Amazon‘s (NSDQ:AMZN) Alexa virtual assistant may be able to determine when its users are ill and provide medication recommendations, according to a new report from The Telegraph. The online retail giant has reportedly patented a new version of Alexa designed to analyze speech and identify signs of illness, according to the report. […]
Report: Amazon abandons drug distribution and supply plans
Amazon‘s (NSDQ:AMZN) Business division has dropped plans to sell and distribute pharmaceutical products to hospitals, according to a new report from CNBC. The shift comes due to the online mega-retailer being unable to convince large hospital groups to change their purchasing process and break existing deals and relationships with distributors, according to the report. The […]
CVS Health to buy Aetna in $69B merger
CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) plans to buy health insurer Aetna (NYSE:AET) in a $69 billion merger, according to a report from The New York Times. The deal comes as companies like Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN), which is reportedly trying to launch into the pharmacy business, are looking to change the way that consumers interact with the healthcare industry. The […]
