Walgreens invests $1B in primary care clinics with VillageMD deal

Walgreens on Wednesday announced plans to open up to 700 primary care clinics across the country over the next five years in partnership with medical services provider VillageMD, and “hundreds more” after that.

Walgreens is the first national pharmacy chain to work toward building out a primary care infrastructure in stores across the U.S. using actual doctors, as opposed to nurse practitioners.