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• And the intelligence—biological and artificial—to
keep learning from every dose, every patient, every
outcome.

Rebecca’s story is not just a case study.
It’s a provocation: What if healing could be gentle? Local?
Seamless?

What if the future of medicine doesn’t look like a hospital
wing—but like a breakfast table, a greenhouse, or a
neighborhood clinic growing its own cure?

What if the end of infusion is the beginning of something
better?

7.8 – What Comes After Pharmacies?

For over a century, the pharmacy has served as the final
stop in the chain of care. It’s where industrial chemistry
meets human need. Behind the counter, prescriptions are
verified, drug interactions are flagged, and medications are
handed over in amber bottles or cold-packed boxes. The
pharmacy has been a place of trust—a junction between the
clinician’s decision and the patient’s hands.

But what happens when the medicine no longer comes in a
vial?
When it doesn’t need refrigeration?
When it isn’t manufactured at a global facility but grown
five miles away in a greenhouse?

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