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Amazon Pharmacy is expanding its same-day delivery service to 20 more U.S. cities next year, the company announced on Wednesday. Amazon says the expansion will more than double the number of cities where customers can get same-day delivery of their medications.
As part of the expansion, Amazon is opening up new pharmacies that will include Amazon Same-Day Delivery sites to enable faster medication delivery in the 20 new cities.
The expansion, which aims to make quick medication delivery available in almost half of the U.S., marks Amazon’s latest efforts to accelerate its healthcare services.
Although Amazon didn’t reveal the full list of the 20 new cities, the company said customers in Boston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and San Diego will get access to the same-day medication delivery service. Amazon says it will announce additional cities in the coming months.
Amazon’s same-day medication delivery is already available in New York, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Miami, Phoenix, Seattle and Austin.
The company launched Amazon Pharmacy in 2020 after it purchased online pharmacy PillPack in 2018.
Amazon says Amazon Pharmacy customers already receive their medications in two days or less on average. By the end of 2025, 45% of U.S. customers will be eligible for Same-Day delivery of their medications, the company says, which means that a customer can order medication by 4 p.m. and receive it at home by 10 p.m.
Aisha is a consumer news reporter at TechCrunch. Prior to joining the publication in 2021, she was a telecom reporter at MobileSyrup. Aisha holds an honours bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto and a master’s degree in journalism from Western University.