State Pharma will begin a pilot project to deliver medicines by drone in the first quarter of next year, its Chief Commercial Officer announced after a warehouse tour for journalists. The company, which supplies 195 pharmacies, says its medicine supply chain has been stabilised after taking over STO pharmacies on 1 July.
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All pharmacies previously run by the State Trading Organization (STO) were transferred to the new company on 1 July
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announced the plan after showing journalists around State Pharma’s main medicine warehouse yesterday.
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We are now working to deliver on time, with a target of within two weeks
State Pharma · Begin a pilot project to deliver medicines by drone
State Pharma · Expand services next year, including online requests
State Pharma · Use drones to deliver medicines to a large part of the country after the pilot
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It currently supplies 195 pharmacies across the country.
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Many medicines on the essential medicines list arrived last week
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