ScriptPro, a pharmacy robotics and automation company that works with hospitals and health systems, said it will conduct mass layoffs due to tariffs and “other economic uncertainties,” according to local news outlets.

ScriptPro was founded in 1994 with its initial product, the SP 200 prescription dispensing system, according to its website. It now offers more than 200 pharmacy automation and management system products for retail, community, long-term care, hospital and health system pharmacies.

“In these times of tariffs and other economic uncertainties, it is most critical that any company, particularly a company engaged in pharmacy systems, be right sized and nimble to adjust to fast moving market changes,” Mike Coughlin, ScriptPro’s chair, CEO and founder, said in a statement, according to NBC affiliate KSHB .

ScriptPro employed about 500 people in early 2024, the Kansas City Star and CBS affiliate KCTV reported. On May 16, employees were emailed a voluntary separation agreement.

The company did not specify details of the planned reductions and, as of May 27, has not filed WARN notices in the state.