Amazon’s same-day prescription deliveries are coming to even more cities
Amazon announced that it would expand its same-day prescription delivery service to 4,500 new cities and towns by the end of 2026. The company initially launched Amazon Pharmacy in 2020 with a two-day delivery option, and has continued to increase the service’s availability and delivery speed in the years since, including expanding access to nearly half of all U.S. residents in 2024.
The company’s announcement doesn’t detail all the new cities where same-day deliveries will be available, but notes that the delivery option is coming to Idaho and Massachusetts for the first time. In the past, access to same-day deliveries was determined by where Amazon had fulfillment centers where it could open pharmacies. Amazon Pharmacy also offers next-day delivery and, in some cities, the ability to pick up prescriptions at Amazon’s OneMedical offices.
Amazon reportedly applied for the Amazon Pharmacy trademark in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia in 2020, but has not yet expanded its prescription delivery service to those regions. In 2023, Amazon launched RxPass, a separate $5 per month subscription that allows Amazon Prime customers to order from a collection of more than 50 common medications for one flat fee. Amazon began allowing Medicare beneficiaries access to the subscription in 2024.
