UPS drone makes first US home prescription deliveries for CVS

A UPS Flight Forward drone taking off during the first residential delivery of prescription medication for CVS in Cary, North Carolina, US on Nov 1, 2019. — Photos: UPS/Handout via Reuters

LOS ANGELES: United Parcel Service Inc Flight Forward drones have flown prescription medications to the front lawn of a private home and to a retirement centre, the UPS unit's first revenue-generating deliveries for drugstore chain CVS Health Corp.

Flight Forward's maiden delivery flight on Friday in Cary, North Carolina, beat rivals in one phase of the race for the nascent market. The second drone flight delivered medications to a public space at a retirement community.