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BD Advances Intelligent Robotics to Transform the Future of Pharmacy Care at Fairview

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BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced that Fairview Health Services is the first U.S. health system to deploy its BD Vmax 160 pharmacy automation robot.

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First-of-its-kind U.S. deployment of BD Vmax 160 expands pharmacy automation beyond traditional dispensing, helping health systems manage growing demand for specialty therapies, refrigerated medications, and increasingly complex fulfilment needs FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX ), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Fairview Health Services has become the first health system in the United States to deploy the BD Vmax 160, a next generation pharmacy automation robot designed to help health systems manage the increasing complexity of specialty therapies and refrigerated medicines in high-volume, centralized outpatient pharmacy operations. Fairview operates one of the nation's largest health system pharmacy networks, filling an average of 20,000 prescriptions per week and providing medication access for patients across Minnesota through a network of 25 outpatient pharmacies and mail-order services. To keep pace with growing demand, the health system is making significant investments in centralized pharmacy operations that expand medication access, increase fulfillment capacity and improve the experience for patients who rely on increasingly complex therapies. Many of the medications driving pharmacy growth today, including GLP-1s, biologics and other specialty therapies, are...

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Product
BD Vmax 160
Takes effect
Sep 14, 2026
Location
Minnesota, United States

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  • Fairview Health ServicesClientfairview.org

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  • general technology
  • medical

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Detected
Sep 14, 2026
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