Amazon Pharmacy Expanding Kiosks to More States During Second Half of 2026

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—More Americans will soon be able to get their prescriptions “in minutes” as Amazon Pharmacy plans to expand its prescription drug kiosks to additional U.S. states during the second half of 2026, the Epoch Times has exclusively confirmed.

“We are piloting kiosks in California within our One Medical Clinics, and we are looking to expand to third parties later this year,” Tess Carey, a clinical adviser and senior pharmacist at Amazon Pharmacy, told The Epoch Times.

The service, set to expand outside of California by the second half of this year, will allow doctors to send prescriptions straight to a kiosk in their lobbies. Patients will use a QR code to pick their medications up within minutes.

“At the point of prescribing, the doctor is able to say, ‘Oh, you’re getting a prescription for amoxicillin today and we actually have that in the Amazon kiosk right in the lobby,’” Carey said.

Amazon hopes the kiosks will help patients save time.

“The vision is to improve medication access for patients because we know that pharmacy deserts are a growing issue, and patients are really struggling finding a pharmacy, especially in evening hours or weekends,” Carey said.

Amazon did not reveal which states it will expand to during the Urgent Care Connect conference its representatives attended in Nashville on Feb. 23.

“There are different regulations state by state and certain states and Boards of Pharmacy are more kiosk-friendly than others, so we will likely launch in those kiosk-friendly states to start,” Carey said.

Privacy

The kiosks will not share the full names of which prescriptions are being supplied to the patient on the screen.

“In this situation with the kiosk, when you first scan your bar code, it is going to say you have one medication ready, and show just the first couple of letters of that medication name,” Carey said.

“The rest of that medication name is starred out for privacy.”

The kiosks have a “call pharmacy” button and phone available if a patient has any questions.

“The pharmacist is able to provide a video consultation with the patient right in that pharmacy,” Carey said.

“And there’s a phone for privacy, so they’re able to pick up the phone and just have that conversation be a more private experience, if that’s what they’re looking for.”

Drug Options

The machines, which are drilled into concrete, contain varying medications depending on the host clinic’s needs.

The kiosks have restrictions and won’t stock “frequently abused medications.”

“Schedule 3 through 5 medications are not stocked in those machines,” Carey said.

Schedule III drugs include ketamine, anabolic steroids, and testosterone. The next two categories include Xanax, Valium, and Motofen, among others, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Popular GLP-1 medications that require a needle will not be in the kiosks, but they will provide items like the Wegovy tablets, which are a non-injectable GLP-1.

Amazon Pharmacy is a full service digital pharmacy on the Amazon app with pharmacists that are available 24/7.

Aside from the kiosks, Amazon Pharmacy plans to expand same-day delivery in up to 4,500 cities and towns by the end of this year.