McKesson UK Picks Up Echo

McKesson UK Picks Up Echo

Prescription compliance is the name of the game for pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies. Now McKesson Corp.’s (NYSE: MCK) UK subsidiary, McKesson UK, has entered the arena with its recent acquisition of Echo, an online prescription fulfillment business based there. Echo’s medicines management app already has an installed customer base, who can order their repeat prescriptions through the app and have them delivered for free. Think Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) PillPack, which performs a similar service in the United States. Echo is also one of three National Health Service (NHS)-approved repeat prescription apps. It was also part of the 2018 NHS Innovation Accelerator... Read More »