{"id":33838,"date":"2018-07-07T10:34:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T14:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=33838"},"modified":"2018-07-07T10:34:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T14:34:41","slug":"infographic-amazons-largest-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=33838","title":{"rendered":"Infographic – Amazon’s Largest Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 July 2018. The recent acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack by Amazon<\/a> highlights the view of a number of observers — including myself<\/a> — that the tech industry is a growing influence in health care, with growing opportunities for disrupting that industry as well. Our friends at CB Insights<\/a> put together a chart showing Amazon’s largest acquisitions in dollar value, this weekend’s infographic.<\/p>\n

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Corporate acquisitions by Amazon. Click on chart for full-size view (CB Insights)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A tally by CB Insights shows Amazon made 10 acquisitions in 2017, with only 3 acquisitions so far this year, including PillPack. But each of the acquisitions this year is valued at more than $1 billion, including PillPack at $1.8 billion. The biggest acquisition for Amazon is still Whole Foods, purchased last year for $13.7 billion.<\/p>\n

While Amazon is best known as an online retailer, Amazon Web Services<\/a> is a major player in heavy-duty cloud computing, used extensively for big data analytics, such as in precision medicine. See the links below for examples.<\/p>\n

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