Disruptors

From plans to acquire a primary care company for $3.9 billion to developing an FDA trial for cancer vaccinations, Amazon is continuing to increase its healthcare presence. 

The FDA issued a warning to three companies Aug. 9 for selling unapproved new drugs for mole and skin tag removal. 

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are six open positions as of Aug. 10:

From acquiring primary care companies to inking new partnerships with health systems, big tech companies and disruptors have made several moves in healthcare throughout the month of July.

As productivity at Google begins to slow, Sundar Pichai, CEO of parent company Alphabet, implemented a new program aimed at soliciting ideas from employees on how the company can improve efficiency, CNBC reported July 31. 

Amazon's plan to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion will give the retailer a larger foothold in selling healthcare services to employers, an arena the company entered in 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported July 22. 

Amazon has been posting new job openings related to its health business. Below are five positions the company recently posted:

Amazon Web Services is helping health tech company Medtronic donate 133 colon cancer screening tools to 62 facilities that primarily serve communities with low screening rates or where access to the technology is not currently available. 

From creating digital health collaboratives to inking partnerships with health systems, here are seven most recent healthcare moves from Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft as reported by Becker's Hospital Review since June: 

Amazon's cloud computing service is supporting a health tech company focused on improving health equity as part of a new initiative from the tech giant.