The big healthcare startup buyers have left the building
Digital health is in dire need of consolidation. But startups looking to sell may have to settle for lower prices from their peers.
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Elon Musk's X is gearing up to add more defendants to its lawsuit against advertisers
A legal filing says X intends to add more defendants to its lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media and its advertiser members.
Amazon's pharmacy business is expected to reach $2 billion in sales as shopper interest skyrockets, a top analyst says
Evercore thinks Amazon Pharmacy is on track for $2 billion in sales, with consumer interest rising sharply.
Elon Musk's X sues Twitch in lawsuit alleging advertisers conspired to boycott the platform
The lawsuit accuses advertisers of illegally colluding to "collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising revenue" from Twitter.
The US is facing a drugstore graveyard as stores close. Filling the leftover spaces is the next challenge.
It's not always obvious which businesses can slot into a space after a pharmacy closes — but some companies see opportunities.
The end of convenience: What the downfall of Walgreens means for America
Chain pharmacies are flashing warning signs and shuttering stores. 7-Eleven is axing locations. The age of convenience is over.
America's absurd war on 'organized retail crime'
Target and CVS call them criminal masterminds. Most are homeless or mentally ill.
Locked-up merchandise is turning off shoppers at CVS, Walgreens, and other big drugstores
Pharmacy retailers are locking more items away, and that's turning away customers who say the measures undermine the shopping experience.
Elon Musk has a weak case against advertisers — but he's playing the long game
Experts say costly litigation will put pressure on ad industry resources and could have a chilling effect on future responsible media initiatives.
We visited a Rite Aid store. The empty shelves made us wonder about the chain's future.
Rite Aid's restructuring includes closing hundreds of stores. Other locations, like a Brooklyn store, have empty shelves and thin staffing.
Why your local pharmacy may be closing
Walgreens is closing a "significant" number of US stores. CEO Tim Wentworth said the industry is "largely overbuilt."
Big corporations are quietly taking over your medical practice. Some doctors and experts say it's ruining healthcare.
Corporate owners, from UnitedHealth to private-equity firms, are devouring physician practices, making independent doctors a relic of the past.
Amazon, CVS, and Walgreens went all in on primary care. Their bets are bleeding money.
Big retail companies like Walgreens, CVS, and Amazon, want a piece of the $4.5 trillion healthcare industry, but scaling primary care isn't easy.
CVS and Walgreens will begin selling abortion pills ahead of a key SCOTUS ruling on restricting access to the drug
President Joe Biden, who has pinned his hopes of reelection on the abortion debate, hailed the news.
An infamous hacking group is reportedly behind the cyberattack that has left US pharmacies reeling
A notorious ransomware gang is reportedly behind the outage that has caused a massive backlog in filling prescriptions across the US.
A CVS pharmacist at an understaffed store knew she was having a heart attack but stayed at work until she died, her family says
"Hopefully it's nothing and I will come back to work," the pharmacist wrote to her boyfriend in the final text she ever sent.
CVS is hit with a $250,000 fine for understaffing a store so badly that it was a month behind on filling prescriptions
Inspectors said that phones weren't working, the AC was broken, and the store was cluttered and massively understaffed.
Walgreens is following Mark Cuban's blueprint as it embarks on a big strategy shift for prescription drugs
Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth said pharmacies will take part in transparent drug-price models like the one made popular by Mark Cuban.
Stores closed on New Year's Day 2024: Aldi, Costco, Trader Joe's, and more
Costco, Aldi, and Trader Joe's will close on New Year's Day. Other stores will operate on limited hours.
The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from Hasbro to Amazon
The wave of layoffs hitting tech companies and beyond shows no signs of slowing. Toy and game maker Hasbro is cutting around 20% of its workforce.