Pharmacierge, a leading e-Prescription medtech business for private clinicians, has announced a ‘substantial’ expansion in London’s Wimpole Street, set to create central London’s largest robotically-enabled dispensary.
The specialist in private e-prescription app and delivery services says the expansion includes a new 5,500 ft2 dispensary equipped with a 30 ft dispensing robot, both the largest of their kind in the Harley Street Medical Area. Pharmacierge said: “Acquiring the additional lease in Wimpole Street marks a significant milestone on our mission to becoming the pharmacy partner of choice to all leading private practices and private hospitals.”
The business has engaged ‘a world-renowned pharmacy designer’ to reimagine its latest incarnation. The ambitious transformation of two 18th-century Georgian properties into one streamlined clinical space is already underway. The project aspires to revolutionise the private pharmacy pathway, ‘marrying cutting-edge technology and robotics with traditional pharmacy values and integrity’. Alongside generic and branded medicines, the plans also include dedicated sub-divided areas for controlled, refrigerated, and biological medications.
The multi-arm dispensing robot will soon occupy one wing of the new premises, with medication chutes spiralling down through the floor to the spacious modern dispensary beneath. This robotic automation is projected to improve overall efficiency and enhance rapid availability of the broadest possible pharmacy formulary.
Pharmacierge already caters to a network of over 4,500 GP and consultant users, and claims to be the preferred pharmacy partner to many of the leading UK and US hospital groups in London. It claims over 90% of clinicians surveyed believe Pharmacierge ePrescribing saves their practice 5-15 mins per prescription, while patients are spared the impact and inconvenience of multiple car journeys and pharmacy visits. Institutional benefits include centralised administration, real-time tracking and simplified pre-op medication pathways.
Pharmacierge’s co-founders share well over a century of combined medical and pharmacy heritage in the Harley Street area, having previously co-founded The Doctor’s Laboratory (TDL), also on Wimpole Street, and other pharmacies within the Marylebone and Mayfair estates.
