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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

“As a trusted brand in the health and wellness space, we are thrilled to expand our efforts in helping our customers Live Well by offering free healthcare services to give them the care they need,” Allison Bentley, the Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at GNC, explains in the company’s press release.

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What’s Spurring the Rise of Brazil’s HealthTechs?

Lloyd Price

Regularization of Telemedicine. COVID brought about a long-awaited regulatory breakthrough: the legalization of telemedicine in Brazil. As strange as it sounds, for a country as big and diverse as Brazil, up until 2020, the possibility of direct doctor-to-patient telemedicine was not permitted by law. Meeting unmet needs.