The White House is reportedly discussing a website where patients could purchase discounted prescription drugs. This site — which would potentially carry President Donald Trump’s brand — would allow consumers to buy their medications straight from pharmaceutical companies, Bloomberg News reported Friday (Sept. 19), citing...
Walgreens is reportedly increasing its use of robots to fill prescriptions for its retail locations. Company officials told CNBC in a report Sunday (May 11) that the pharmacy hopes to have its 11 micro-fulfillment centers serving more than 5,000 stores before the year’s end. That’s up from 4,300...
GoodRx has launched an eCommerce experience for retail pharmacies in collaboration with grocery chain Hy-Vee. With this new tool, announced Thursday (April 3), GoodRx will check inventories when a consumer searches for medication, determining whether it’s available at the pharmacy and can be purchased online. The company will then...
Under the leadership of new CEO Wendy Barnes, GoodRx is preparing for growth in 2025, aiming to address the challenges of rising prescription costs and limited access to medications. By integrating eCommerce with digital prescriptions and expanding the company’s Integrated Savings Program (ISP), Barnes believes...
May 31, 2019
Way back when, medicine used to be simple. Grind up, boil and drink a few roots here, employ a few leeches there. Pay a barber to do some bloodletting or cupping when necessary, and hope for the best. Those ancient remedies still have their adherents (along with the interest of modern medical researchers), but it’s […]
September 19, 2017
Think the neighborhood pharmacy is dead and gone? There are more than 22,000 reasons to think otherwise, and Deepak Thomas, CEO of Phil, noted in the most recent edition of our...
November 05, 2025
GoodRx CEO Wendy Barnes sees a “profound transformation” happening in prescription drug pricing. The catalyst, Barnes said during an earnings call Wednesday (Nov. 3), is the pending launch of TrumpRx, the planned government-run prescription drug website. “The market is shifting decisively toward greater transparency and direct to consumer access,” Barnes told analysts. “We view this evolution as […]
September 21, 2025
The White House is reportedly discussing a website where patients could purchase discounted prescription drugs. This site — which would potentially carry President Donald Trump’s brand — would allow consumers...
May 12, 2025
Walgreens is reportedly increasing its use of robots to fill prescriptions for its retail locations. Company officials told CNBC in a report Sunday (May 11) that the pharmacy hopes to have its 11...
April 03, 2025
GoodRx has launched an eCommerce experience for retail pharmacies in collaboration with grocery chain Hy-Vee. With this new tool, announced Thursday (April 3), GoodRx will check inventories when a consumer searches for medication, determining...