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PillPick at Sao Paulo, Brazil

PillPick is an automated pharmacy robot that packages and barcodes oral solid medications into unit-dose bags. The latest generation, PillPick Octave, launched in July 2025 with advanced unit-dose packaging capabilities for improved medication safety in hospital pharmacies.

PillPick by Swisslog · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

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Hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo implemented PillPick and BoxPicker systems. One of only four hospitals in Brazil with these systems at time of deployment.

Exposure

Customer segment
healthcare
Scale tier
commercial 10 99

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Safety record

1 incident on record (1 serious). Most recent: Oct 2016.

serious
1

Most recent: Oct 2016

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Incidents on record (1)

Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents are excluded here but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Company
Swisslog
Operator
Swisslog
Status
operational
Scale at site
11 to 100 units
Site environment
indoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2014-01-01
ID
1cdcf41c-f4e1-4251-9c0b-980a7b3f89cc

Timeline

  1. Jan 2014
    First recorded
    PillPick first documented operating at Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9234249/
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: other

Sources by quality tier

1
primary-academic-peer-reviewed
Peer-reviewed clinical / academic

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Common questions

What is the PillPick deployment at Sao Paulo, Brazil?
PillPick, built by Swisslog, is recorded as a deployment at Sao Paulo, Brazil on the DEPLOY registry. Swisslog operates the deployment directly.
Who operates PillPick at Sao Paulo, Brazil?
Swisslog, the manufacturer of PillPick, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the PillPick deployment at Sao Paulo, Brazil go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2014 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the PillPick deployment at Sao Paulo, Brazil?
1 active incident affecting this deployment is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.
Is PillPick at Sao Paulo, Brazil safe?
PillPick at Sao Paulo, Brazil has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 serious). Most recent: Oct 2016. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.

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