Amazon Starts Delivering Medications by Drone in Texas City
- Prime Air is now testing pharmacy delivery in Texas trial
- Medication is widely seen as viable use case for drone program
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Amazon.com Inc. laid out plans to expand its still-experimental drone delivery effort, announcing the start of sending prescription medication by air and promising to start flights in Britain and Italy by late 2024.
The online retailer recently began listing drone delivery as an option for Amazon Pharmacy customers in a test program in College Station, Texas, one of two US cities where Amazon is delivering products using its unmanned, riding-lawnmower-sized vehicles.