Rakuten Healthcare Yoyakusuri: Prescription Medicine Delivered to Your Home

Have you heard of "Rakuten Healthcare Yoyakusuri," the app to receive your prescribed medication at pharmacies or at home by simply taking a picture of your prescription? There are high expectations for the app to bring about DX (digital transformation) and change the Japanese pharmaceutical industry, which suffers from staffing shortages and long wait times. Behind its rapid growth that has expanded to approximately 6,000 registered dispensing pharmacies* is the big effort of a small group of five Rakutenians.
*As of October 2024