By spending $1bn, Amazon made $14bn disappear. The money that went missing was not Amazon’s, though. That sum was the loss in market value at the biggest players in US drug distribution and retailing, after Amazon announced on Thursday that it would spend that billion to buy online pharmacist PillPack. Shares in those six companies (Walgreens, Boots Alliance, CVS Health, Express Scripts, Cardinal Health, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen) had been depressed last year by the very suggestion that Amazon was coming into their territory. Proof positive trimmed their values by as much as 10 per cent.
亚马逊(Amazon)斥资10亿美元，却让140亿美元蒸发。不过，损失的不是亚马逊，而是美国最大几家药品分销与零售企业的市值，此前，亚马逊在上周四宣布，将斥资10亿美元购买在线药房PillPack。去年，有关亚马逊即将进军药品零售业的传言曾导致6家药品经销商——沃博联(Walgreens Boots Alliance)、CVS Health、快捷药方(Express Scripts)、卡地纳健康(Cardinal Health)、麦克森(McKesson)及美源伯根(AmericisourceBergen)——股价下挫。确凿的消息令它们的市值缩水高达10%。