Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes a look at the latest job for Alexa and why Google is teaming up with travel startup Peek. Visa is dealing with a U.K. outage, healthcare is being...
A prescription delivery program and a deal involving medical payments data show how the healthcare industry is quickly changing as technology develops, and as Amazon prepares its own major moves. First, the news that’s most directly related to payments: Verscend Technologies has agreed to buy...
Walmart is in talks to acquire online pharmacy start-up PillPack for under $1 billion. CNBC cited two sources, who stressed that while the talks have been ongoing for months, the deal is far from done and might not happen. PillPack manages prescription medications for its...
ScriptDrop, the startup that helps pharmacies deliver prescriptions to customers’ doors, recently raised $1 million in seed funding and is on the hunt for more capital to further its reach in the gig economy. That’s according to a news report in TechCrunch, which profiled the...
September 06, 2023
Balto Rx has added a pharmacist video consultation feature to its medical prescription delivery platform. The new See-a-Pharm feature allows patients to connect with their local pharmacist via video call, providing them with the opportunity to seek clarity and gain a deeper understanding of their prescriptions, Balto Rx said in a Wednesday (Sept. 6) press release. With […]
April 02, 2018
Walmart is in talks to acquire online pharmacy start-up PillPack for under $1 billion. CNBC cited two sources, who stressed that while the talks have been ongoing for months, the...
August 04, 2017
ScriptDrop, the startup that helps pharmacies deliver prescriptions to customers’ doors, recently raised $1 million in seed funding and is on the hunt for more capital to further its reach...
