11:29 AM EDT, 06/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Update with Walmart's ( WMT ) response to a request for comment.)

Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services met with Walmart ( WMT ) , Amazon ( AMZN ) and other retailers this week in an effort to help Americans acquire their medicines more directly from the companies that make them, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Walmart ( WMT ) declined to comment, while Amazon ( AMZN ) did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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