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PillPack Raises $4M in Bid to Become Top Mail-Order Pharmacy

46 点作者 threejay超过 11 年前

11 条评论

hoopism超过 11 年前
My wife is a Pharmacist dual licensed in Mass and NH and in love with this idea. She&#x27;s going to get in touch but if someone from PillPack is on here let me know. You&#x27;ll get a career startup software developer as an addon ;).<p>Really cool stuff.
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gz5超过 11 年前
Very nice. This will help many people. My mom has done home healthcare (as an RN) and always says the most common problem is the ability for folks to get the correct meds at the correct doses at the correct time without help.<p>Combining with some drones (Amazon or otherwise) and sensors could make some interesting scenarios for more time sensitive and ephemeral med needs...
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malandrew超过 11 年前
I&#x27;ve been getting Xyrem from a central pharmacy for a while now and it&#x27;s awesome that I can call one day and have my medicine arrive the next day via FedEx. Being able to get all medications with the same convenience as Amazon Prime is awesome. If this doesn&#x27;t get hit with any regulatory issues, I can totally see Amazon knocking on their door one day and making an acquisition offer.<p>We&#x27;ll still need pharmacies for immediate medical needs that can&#x27;t wait a day, but for everything else this is great.<p>I now just wish ordering wines and spirits online wasn&#x27;t fraud with regulatory hurdles paying local retail at BevMo is a lot less attractive than being able to get your favorite bottle of small batch bourbon delivered to your front-door.
unwind超过 11 年前
That&#x27;s nice. Here in Sweden, this is a standard way of delivering medications to those who need it pre-sorted for easier delivery. It also has environmental benefits, since the waste can be reduced.<p>It&#x27;s called &quot;ApoDos&quot; (which is just a portmonteau of the &quot;apotek&quot; which means pharmacy, and &quot;dos&quot; which means &quot;dose&quot;), here&#x27;s a web page from Sweden&#x27;s largest pharmacy: <a href="http://www.apoteketfarmaci.se/Tjanster/Service.aspx?UniqueId=fd2797c6-ad02-4c43-b2c0-34718a7ced3b" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apoteketfarmaci.se&#x2F;Tjanster&#x2F;Service.aspx?UniqueId...</a>. It&#x27;s in Swedish but there&#x27;s a picture of the delivery bags used, tney come on a roll in a plastic case.
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arosenbaum超过 11 年前
So Express Scripts ($100B in annual sales) is going to get taken out by unit dose packaging? WalMart&#x27;s pharmacy is also testing blister packs + multi-dose...I don&#x27;t see how this displaces ESI...
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ScottWhigham超过 11 年前
I like it but, if there was an FAQ, I&#x27;d sure like it better. Too many unanswered questions to bother though. Which meds? What states? What&#x27;s the cost of the meds? etc
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owenfi超过 11 年前
My hypothetical for solving this problem was some huge contraption that would electronically spit out the right pills when required. Pill Pack is so much more elegant. Can&#x27;t wait to see them succeed!
rokhayakebe超过 11 年前
Pillpack is the 10-15 year plan.<p>The 20 year is actual delivery within your body: take a pill once and it gradually releases the correct amount at the correct time with an option to flush it out of your system as well.
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maroun超过 11 年前
&quot;Mail order&quot; seems like the tip of the iceberg of what these guys could do. I shouldn&#x27;t have to use a pharmacy for my prescriptions or the supplements&#x2F;vitamins I take.<p>Love the design as well.
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frenchman_in_ny超过 11 年前
How are you guys handling lot numbers of medication dispensed, in case of recall &amp; whatnot?<p>Love the concept (spouse is a pharmacist, comes with the territory I guess).
jcap49超过 11 年前
love the comparison to apple &amp; the notion that a design-forward brand (in this case, software enabling easy purchase of important consumer goods) can help tackle a traditionally archaic and bureaucratic space. super excited to see how things progress.