First Fully Robotic Pharmacy Fills a Prescription in Under 60 Seconds

pharmacies has closed between 2010 and 2021, according to UC Berkeley Public Health and USC . Pharmacy schools are graduating between 3,000 and 4,000 fewer pharmacists annually than the industry needs, Drugstore News reported . The closures have concentrated in lower-density markets where foot traffic does not support the cost of a staffed operation, producing pharmacy deserts where the nearest dispensing location can sit miles away.