Drones deliver prescription medicines for Boots pharmacy
Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to deliver prescription medicines by drone.
The retailer shipped medicines from Thorney Island, near Portsmouth, to the Isle of Wight.
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The retailer shipped medicines from Thorney Island, near Portsmouth, to the Isle of Wight.
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