After agreeing to invest $1 billion in Chicago primary care startup VillageMD earlier this year, Walgreens is now pouring more money into the firm as it makes plans to open 1,000 medical clinics at Walgreens locations in the coming years.
Walgreens announced Thursday that it has agreed to invest a total of $5.2 billion in VillageMD, a Chicago firm that operates its own primary care clinics and telehealth services, along with providing a health-tech platform to independent providers. The new investment…