Acquisition of medical devices and other categories | Ali health re-expanded business map
Medical Network May 30th May 29th, Alibaba Health Announcement announced that it officially signed an agreement with Alibaba Group to acquire Tmall's medical equipment and health products for approximately 1.828 billion Ali health shares, ie 10.6 billion Hong Kong dollars. Supplies, medical and health services, etc.
Ali health This acquisition medical instruments There is huge potential for health products, adult products, and medical and health service businesses. Announcements disclose that as of March 31, 2018, the total volume of annual commodity transactions for the aforementioned businesses had reached RMB 20,561 million, involving 85.5 million active buyers and more than 3,300 Entered the business, there are many famous brands such as Omron, Diving, Johnson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb and Durex.
According to the announcement, 'Alibaba Group will continue to support the company's development as its flagship platform in the health care field. We will continue to explore various cooperation models in the future to help our company achieve its goals. 'The company said that following the acquisition of Tmall platform last year' Blue hat' Healthy food After the business, Ali Health again acquired Tmall's medical equipment and other businesses, attributed to Ali’s health specialization. medicine Health operations and integration capabilities have been recognized by Alibaba Group, which is also a manifestation of the maturity of policies and market environment.
Currently, Alibaba’s health e-commerce business segment includes Ali Health Self-employed, Tmall Pharmaceuticals' target operation service, and a complete system of pharmaceutical O2O. Since the start of the operation of Tmall's pharmaceutical category business in September 2016, the business has become One of Tmall's fastest-growing business segments. Alibaba Health’s results announcement for the fiscal year 2018 released this mid-April shows Tmall's pharmaceutical products that are operated by Alibaba Health and Alibaba Health’s health food products. The total number of platform service business transactions exceeded RMB 30 billion, and the e-commerce platform service revenue reached RMB 171 million, a year-on-year growth of 324.1%.
Analysts believe that this acquisition will help Ali Health further integrate its existing pharmaceutical e-commerce segment and expand its services to more participants in China's healthcare industry. It will also bring a more substantial platform to Ali Health. Service income.
The company said that Ali Health believes that the acquisition of the target business will further ensure that Alibaba’s health develops into a flagship platform for Alibaba Group’s pharmaceutical healthcare, and that it is possible to incorporate a wider range of e-commerce businesses into the online healthcare community to enrich the ecology and The company’s existing Health products And the service business, smart medical and health care management services, and product traceability platform services form an organic complement to each other; and gain more stable and sustainable income growth.
