Amazon Launches AWS for Health, Joins Google Cloud and Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare in Effort to Streamline Drug Development

Amazon is the latest company to enter the cloud-based healthcare space. It recently launched Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Health. Notably, Moderna used AWS in its COVID-19 vaccine development, among other applications. Other companies have already entered the healthcare sphere, including Google and Microsoft.

“AWS is billing its healthcare play as a set of curated services and a partner network to decrease the cost of care, enhance collaboration, speed up drug development and improve data and operational decisions in the clinic.” Read more here.

(Source: Kyle LaHucik, Fierce Biotech, 7/20/21)