Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday customers can buy prescription medications through a new store on its platform, a move that comes as more people grow increasingly accustomed to shopping online.

The news weighed on shares of other drugstore companies Tuesday before the market opened. Shares of CVS Health Corp. were down 8.5% premarket, while shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were off 11.2%. Shares of Amazon were up 2.4%.

“As…

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