walgreens boots alliance inc wba said thursday that it plans to launch eight primary care and pharmacy practices with villagemd in the tucson area the first village medical at walgreens in tucson will open feb 8 the tucson locations will create 250 fulltime jobs including nurses doctors and medical assistants village medical at walgreens can help patients with chronic illnesses as well as everyday injuries there are plans for more than 200 village medical at walgreens locations by the end of the year including 81 that have opened in markets across arizona where it already has a presence in phoenix florida texas kentucky and indiana walgreens announced a 52 billion investment in villagemd in october and created a new reporting segment walgreens health during its most recent earnings the company is expected to get a business boost from covid vaccines and athome testing in 2022 walgreens stock has gained 113 over the past year while the sp 500 index spx is up 177 for the period