Autonomous Pharmacies Are Becoming the Next Big Thing
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- As one of Queue’s lead investors explains, “pharmacy has an infrastructure problem.
Healthcare Autonomous Pharmacies Are Becoming the Next Big Thing By Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D.,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sai writes about healthcare, innovation and technology.Follow Author Jun 30, 2026, 10:10pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.The concept of automated pharmacy kiosks is slowly becoming more prevalent. getty. The concept of autonomous pharmacies is becoming more popular. This week, startup Queue emerged from stealth, with a goal to create autonomous robotic driven pharmacies. Queue operates by taking sealed pill bottles in one end and produces filled prescription vials in the other. The company claims that it can “deliver medications at up to 96% lower cost than traditional pharmacy operations and can be deployed across retail locations, hospitals, rural communities and other care settings where pharmacy access is constrained.”
As one of Queue’s lead investors explains, “pharmacy has an infrastructure problem. While the industry has been forced to work around labor shortages, store closures and broken unit economics, [Queue] has taken a fundamentally different approach: automating the physical fulfillment layer itself…It has exceptional founders solving a massive, urgent problem with technology that can deliver outsized impact.”