CVS Takes on Amazon With CarePass: Brainstorm Health

Happy Monday, readers. I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

I’m about to board a flight, so I’m afraid we’ll have to keep it short this evening. That’s not to say there’s no news around there (hey, in this space, there always is).

Consider: CVS is rolling out an Amazon-style delivery system (the CarePass program telegraphed last year) for the big old price of $48 per year. That’s a service that will give customers access to a variety of CVS services, including in the pharmacy and discounts to CVS-branded items.

Back with more tomorrow.

Sy Mukherjee, @the_sy_guy, sayak.mukherjee@fortune.com

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