Kirby Lester launches KL60

LAKE FOREST, Ill. Pharmacy automation equipment manufacturer Kirby Lester has introduced what it calls the pharmacy industry’s first compact, fully automated dispensing system.

The company said the KL60 is designed for retail and hospital outpatient pharmacies that dispense 100 or more prescriptions per day. The machine is slightly larger than a kitchen refrigerator and handles the filling and labeling of up to 60 medications.

“The KL60 is such a big deal precisely because it’s not big at all,” Kirby Lester VP business development Christopher Thomsen said in a statement. “Kirby Lester has figured out what the automation industry has been lacking for a decade.”