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Amazon paid $3.9 billion (€3.6 billion) for One Medical, its biggest healthcare bet to date.
Business has struggled so far and Amazon is administering strong medicine.
Project Espresso is a painful reboot that causes tension between One Medical and Amazon.
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During the pandemic boom, Amazon agreed to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion (3.6 billion euros) – the internet giant’s biggest bet in healthcare to date. Business has proven difficult so far, with losses running into the hundreds of millions of dollars and questions about the strategic direction of key parts of the company.
Amazon is now trying to get its healthcare ambitions back on track with a secret initiative called Project Espresso.