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(Reuters) –     Since 2018, Amazon.c** Inc has amassed healthcare businesses from telehealth and drug delivery to fitness trackers and cancer research.

On Thursday, the eco*merce giant agreed to buy primary healthcare provider One Medical in a $3.49 billion deal that would expand its virtual care presence and add some brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices.

Here are some of the deals and steps taken by Amazon in its healthcare journey:

           Year                 Events         

           2022                 Tied up with the biggest telehealth co*pany, Teladoc         

                                Health, to help patients connect with a doctor or         

                                another health provider through Alexa         

           2022                 Partnered with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in         

                                research to develop vaccines for melanoma and breast         

                                cancer (ht**://go.aws/3IVZEFK)         

           2021                 Struck a deal to sell virtual medical services to         

                                Hilton in the United States         

           2021                 Expanded the co*pany’s virtual healthcare service to         

                                its own employees and other businesses nationwide (ht**://reut.rs/3cyKXMR)         

           2020                 Launched its first fitness band and subscription         

                                service, Halo, taking on Apple, Fitbit and Samsung in         

                                the crowded fitness tracker market (ht**://reut.rs/3Ox8CKY)         

           2019                 The joint venture between Amazon.c**, Berkshire         

                                Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase closed down, three years         

                                after the co*panies came together in a bid to reduce         

                                escalating healthcare costs. (ht**://reut.rs/3yZV3h1)         

           2019                 Piloted its on-demand health offering called Amazon         

                                Care for its employees around Seattle.         

           2019                 Bought healthcare startup Health Navigator, its second         

                                purchase in the healthcare services industry.          

           2018                 Amazon bought online pharmacy pil*Pack for $753         

                                million, a move that put it in direct co*petition with         

                                drugstore chains, drug distributors and pharmacy         

                                benefit managers.         

(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta and Uday Sampath Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)