Amazon is the new number 1 in the pharmacy market – and is now driving Disapo into insolvency

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    "url": "https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/online-apotheke-disapo-insolvent-amazon-verdraengt-konkurrenz-zr-94513134.html",
    "title": "Amazon is the new number 1 in the pharmacy market – and is now driving Disapo into insolvency - Frankfurter Rundschau",
    "excerpt": "Status: 27.09.2026, 10:55 PM By: Fabian Hartmann Comments Print Share The online mail-order pharmacy Disapo had to file for insolvency. Previously, perfume giant Douglas had made a loss-making deal with it. Heerlen – Many customers order medicines – be they prescription or over-the-counter – from online pharmacies instead of visiting the nearest local pharmacy. Meanwhile, online pharmacies like Shop-Apotheke or Doc Morris are also facing fierce competition from Amazon. This is because the online retailer's trade in health-related products is booming.\"With 2.7 billion Euros in sales (in 2025, editor's note), Amazon is the new number 1 – and this despite the marketplace giant not operating its own pharmacy in Germany,\" commented Smile AI founder Fabian Kaske recently to the portal Health Care Marketing after a market analysis. This takes market shares from other online pharmacies, and some competitors are even completely pushed out of the competition.A mail-order pharmacy from the Netherlands, which distributed products in Germany, must now also strike its sails. The mail-order pharmacy Disapo, based in Heerlen, Netherlands, on the German border, has initiated insolvency proceedings, as Retail News reported on Friday (September 25). Most recently, 35 employees were still employed by the company. Shortly after the insolvency announcement, the insolvency of the subsidiary Disapo...",
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