Pharmacies require specialized refrigeration systems to store temperature-sensitive medications, vaccines, and biological products at manufacturer-specified temperature ranges to maintain their potency, safety, and efficacy. These refrigeration units must meet strict regulatory and operational standards to ensure compliance and proper medication handling. Pharmacy refrigeration is a vital component of pharmaceutical storage practices, directly impacting public health outcomes and regulatory adherence.
Health Care Logistics offers a variety of refrigerators and freezers to meet your temperature-sensitive medication storage needs. From compact countertop units to full-size appliances, we make it easy to manage any critical drug storage situation. Multiple locking options are available so you can choose the level of security and accessibility to match your facility’s needs.
Enjoy these benefits, which are standard on our pharmacy-grade refrigerators:
Digital Microprocessor Temperature Controller: Pharmacy-grade refrigerators maintain precise settings of temperature cycles to meet today’s standards and display interior ambient temperatures in
F° or C°.
Forced Draft Circulation: Pharmacy-grade refrigerators provide required temperature uniformity and recovery after door openings.
Temperature Alarms: Pharmacy-grade refrigerators are equipped with audible and visual high and low temperature alarms so you can respond quickly and before expensive drugs are compromised.
Port Hole: Pharmacy-grade refrigerators feature an access port for CDC-compliant temperature monitoring system probes that allow you to track the status of your meds for better accuracy.
Keyed Door Lock: Pharmacy-grade refrigerators feature locks to provide additional security for high-value vaccines.
Check out our full inventory of medical-grade refrigerators, freezers and temperature monitoring accessories and find the perfect match for your medication storage needs!
American Biotech Supply, a Horizon Scientific, Inc. brand, provides a full range of temperature-controlled equipment to our customers across the healthcare, laboratory and clinical research, pharmaceutical, and industrial segments. The extensive portfolio of quality products ranges from small capacity countertop refrigerators and freezers, including special purpose, application-specific models, as well as cryogenic freezers for long-term sample preservation. Ensuring customer requirements are met, all products are designed in a variety of configurations, from general purpose cold storage to medical and pharmaceutical storage with stringent temperature performance requirements. With over 25 years of experience, American Biotech Supply excels at quickly developing customer solutions at competitive price points while providing industry-leading service levels. The American Biotech Supply advantage includes a comprehensive array of products and services to meet your temperature-controlled storage needs, an industry leading warranty, and many models are available from in-stock inventory and ready to ship.
Your One Stop Shop for Cold Storage Solutions including:
Our Portfolio of Medical Grade Cold Storage Equipment includes:
ABS Cold Storage Product Line Highlights:
Corepoint™ Scientific, a Horizon Scientific, Inc. brand, provides a full range of temperature-controlled equipment to our customers across the healthcare, laboratory and clinical research, pharmaceutical, and industrial segments. The extensive portfolio of quality products ranges from small capacity countertop refrigerators and freezers, including special purpose, application-specific models, as well as specialty upright models including Blood Bank Refrigerators and Plasma Freezers. Ensuring customer requirements are met, all products are designed in a variety of configurations, from general purpose cold storage to medical and pharmaceutical storage with stringent temperature performance requirements. The Corepoint™ Scientific advantage includes a comprehensive array of products and services to meet your temperature-controlled storage needs, an industry leading warranty, and many models are available from in-stock inventory and ready to ship.
• Dedicated Production Lines
• Experienced Customer Service Support
• Knowledgeable Technical Service and Support
• Logistics Solutions
• Sustainability – offering largest number of cooling options with Natural Refrigerants
• Sizes range from 1 cu. ft. – 72 cu. ft. capacity
• Undercounters & Countertops – with Built in & Freestanding options
• High Performance Uprights
• Blood Bank Refrigerators
• Sizes range from 1 cu. ft. – 72 cu. ft. capacity
• Undercounters & Countertops – with Built in & Freestanding options
• High Performance Uprights
• Plasma Freezers
• Low Temperature options (-30°C, -40°C, & -86°C Ultra Low)
• Utilizes a stacked design for maximizing space
• Humidity Stability Test Chambers
• Temperature Test Chambers
• Ideal for stability testing, shelf life, package testing and accelerated aging for a variety of products and packaging
• Controlled Room Temperature Cabinets – temperature assurance for ambient medication storage
• Controlled Auto Defrost Freezers – patented technology provides convenient frost removal while maintaining “spike-free” temperature ranges
• Full range of sizes, 1 cu. ft. – 72 cu. ft., to meet all capacity needs
• Precise temperature control for storage of critical vaccines and samples
• Data-logging and temperature monitoring solutions available
• Most models utilize environmentally friendly, natural Hydrocarbon refrigerants
• Low global warming potential and zero ozone depletion
• Energy efficient design lowers operating costs
• ADA compliant and Energy Star Certified models available
• Audible and visual alarms with remote alarm capability
• Many models in stock and ready to ship
Founded in 1948, Follett is a leading manufacturer of innovative equipment for the healthcare market.
Follett high-performance, medical-grade refrigerators and freezers deliver exceptional reliability and consistent temperatures for critical product storage. A full line of stainless steel countertop, undercounter and upright refrigerators and freezers provide healthcare’s most consistent temperature performance and a full set of user-valued alarming, monitoring and storage features. Compatible with all medication dispensing and temperature monitoring systems, all Follett refrigerators and freezers come with options and accessories for customization to meet a facility’s needs.
Countertop Medical Grade Refrigerators and Freezers
Ideal for small storage needs, Follett forced-air countertop refrigerators and freezers offer superior temperature performance in space-saving configurations. 1 and 2 cubic foot models fit on standard 24” deep counters. External digital temperature display in user-selective F or C offers integral high/low alarming and display sleep mode.
Undercounter Refrigerators and Freezers
Follett Performance Plus undercounter refrigerators and freezers provide superior high-performance temperature control for critical product storage. Designed for use below standard and lower ADA-compatible counters, Follett Performance Plus delivers outstanding reliability and user-valued features that set us apart from the competition. Heavy-duty forced air cooling delivers consistent temperatures and quick recovery to maintain your valuable medications at the right temperature. Full stainless steel construction and heavy-duty components ensure long-term reliability.
Upright Refrigerators and Freezers
High-performance upright refrigerators and freezers designed specifically for healthcare. From back plenum air ducts that ensure consistent, cabinet-wide cooling, to a feature rich, intuitive alarming and display interface, Follett upright refrigerators and freezers take the worry out of critical product storage, allowing your staff to focus on the job at hand.
Digital Data Logger
The digital data logger complies with all CDC vaccine storage guidelines. Vaccines require storage within a defined temperature range in order to maintain their potency. The data logger with detachable probe records and stores temperature information at user-programmable intervals for continuous monitoring. It features a touchscreen display and includes dry contacts for remote alarming. The data logger can be installed on any Follett refrigerator or freezer.
PHC Corporation of North America (PHCNA) is headquartered in Wood Dale, IL and manufactures and markets PHCbi brand laboratory equipment. PHCNA is a subsidiary of PHC Holdings Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, a global diversified life sciences, diagnostics, and medical device company.
For more than 50 years, PHCNA has met the needs of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, hospital/clinical, and industrial customers, offering a unique perspective on the life sciences and scientific research. We play a critical role in global product development across a range of research areas and have a deeply entrenched reputation as a manufacturer of highly reliable quality and innovative laboratory equipment. Our PHCbi brand products include CO2 and multigas incubator, ultra-low temperature freezers, cryogenic and biomedical freezers, and high-performance refrigerators.
PHCbi brand high performance and pharmaceutical grade refrigerators, freezers, and combination models are designed to meet current and evolving CDC, NSF, and ANSI guidelines for vaccine storage. Most models are ENERGY STAR ® Certified and capable of maintaining the setpoint and temperature uniformity standards needed in clinical settings.
Medical-grade Cold Storage you can trust!
Our TrueBlue™ commitment to quality, reliability, service, and support sets us apart. Since 1977, Helmer Scientific has led the industry by focusing on medical grade refrigerated products; designing and manufacturing innovative, specialized medical, pharmacy, and laboratory products that support our customers’ efforts.
Helmer Scientific medical-grade products maintain superior temperature uniformity and consistency throughout the entire storage chamber which is critical for ensuring that drugs and vaccines are stored within the proper temperature range and that all storage space can be fully utilized. Integrated access control provides an additional level of security by limiting and tracking user access. Our full line of undercounter and upright refrigerators and freezers, as well as pass-thru refrigerators and ultra-low freezers, include advanced alarm monitoring features, medication dispensing compatibility, and high-performance options and accessories for custom storage configurability.
GX Solutions Professional Medical-grade Refrigerators
Proper cold storage of medications and vaccines is critical in the healthcare environment, and often can be the difference between viable, effective products and ineffective or wasted product. With GX Solutions, professional, medical-grade cold storage is now available and takes cold storage to new levels. Focusing on temperature, noise and energy management, GX Solutions are the first cold storage solutions to optimize all three areas and offer a professional, medical-grade solution.
GX Solutions pharmacy and vaccine refrigerators are powered by OptiCool™ technology which pairs variable capacity compressor (VCC) technology and natural hydrocarbons (HC) to achieve performance characteristics that offer a superior storage environment. Optimized temperature management (uniformity, recovery and stability) provides confidence that contents are stored at the right temperature regardless of their location within the unit with fewer temperature deviations. In addition, noise levels are lowered, energy usage is reduced, and environmental sustainability initiatives are supported.
GX Undercounter Pharmacy Refrigerators
GX Upright Pharmacy Refrigerators
Pass-thru Refrigerators
Pass-thru refrigerators create a boundary between clean rooms and regular facility environments while permitting products to be removed from outside the clean room on a “first-in-first-out” basis, improving inventory control and boosting productivity.
BD Pyxis™ ES Refrigerator with Helmer Access Technology
The BD Pyxis™ ES Refrigerator provides integrated and secure, single-line access to high-risk and high-value refrigerated medications.
This industry-first product features precise temperature management and secure locking bins accessed only via the BD Pyxis™ Medstation™ ES. This enhances care by supporting medication safety, clinical workflow efficiency and regulatory compliance, while helping to reduce waste and mitigate the risk of diversion of refrigerated medications.
Laboratory Freezers
Laboratory freezers are designed specifically for the high demands of healthcare. Built-in monitoring systems provide continuous monitoring, real-time alarm notification, and status notification for worry-free storage, allowing your staff to focus on the critical functions of their job.
Undercounter
Upright
Ultra-Low Freezers
How It’s Made Matters. Reliable storage at -80°C. Our Ultra-Low temperature freezers are designed and developed to create a refined system that works together, providing optimized performance for the long-term storage of samples and medications.
The Pharmacy500 is awarded to 500 pharmacy supply chain businesses and associations that significantly impacted dispensing pharmacies in the U.S. over the past year.
The following are complimentary benefits extended to Pharmacy500 companies and associations (coming this spring!)
This visual represents the comprehensive structure of the modern pharmacy landscape, capturing the interconnected roles, settings, specializations, and operational elements that support patient care and drug distribution. Developed by RXinsider, the ecosystem map is designed to serve as a foundational reference for education, training, communication, and strategic planning across the pharmacy industry.
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RXinsider’s Pharmacy500 Stock ETF is a stock portfolio comprised of the largest publicly traded companies in the Pharmacy500.
This report offers a concise snapshot of the Pharmacy500 companies by highlighting new company additions, and examining regional distributions, practice settings, supply chain categories, and the key conferences attended.
Accu-Chart Plus Health Care Systems
Accucold
Akro-Mils
American BioTech Supply
American Rx Group
APS – Advanced Pharmacy Solutions
ARxIUM
B Medical Systems
BD
Cardinal Health
Clean Harbors, Inc.
Cleanetics
COSHATT
Dickson
DisposeRx, Inc.
Flowsell
Follett
H+H System, Inc.
Health Care Logistics, Inc.
Imprivata/FairWarning
Inmar Inc.
InTemp Monitoring Solutions
Liebherr
McKesson Corporation
MIDAS Healthcare Solutions
Migali Scientific
Modular Cleanrooms, Inc.
Modular Pharmacy Solutions, LLC
NarcX
National Pharmaceutical Returns, Inc.
Pharma Logistics, LLC
PharmaComplete
PharmaLink Inc.
PharmaPoint, LLC
PharmEcology
PharmID, Inc.
PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.
PHC Corporation of North America
Phox Health, Inc.
Primex Inc.
R.C. Smith
Rees Scientific
Retail Designs Inc.
Roemer Industries
RX Destroyer
Rx Return Services, LLC.
Rx Reverse Distributors, Inc.
RXshelving.com (Surplus Equipment Company)
SensoScientific, Inc.
Sharps Medical Waste Services
SmartCells (SATECH, Inc.)
SmartSense (Digi International)
So-Low Environmental Equipment Co.
Spectrum Pharmacy Products
SpotSee
Stericycle, Inc.
Swisslog Healthcare
Tension Packaging & Automation
Terso Solutions, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
Trane Technologies
TruMed Systems, Inc.
UNIWEB, Inc.
Veracity Group, Inc.
West Pharmaceutical Services
WorkingBuildings
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