Medical/pharmaceutical transport

Wake Forest Baptist Health and its IQ Healthtech Labs launch drone delivery service with UPS Flight Forward

Wake Forest Baptist Health and its healthtech business operated through IQ Healthtech Laboratories, has launched a drone delivery service operated by UPS and its subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre. […]

Medical/pharmaceutical transport

Intermap announces partnership with Zipline to support expanding Africa medical operations

Intermap has announced a contract with Zipline to deliver crucial geospatial Elevation-as-a-Service to support their expanding medical operations in Africa, including on-demand emergency response to COVID-19 outbreaks, reports suasnews.com. The expanded contract marks Intermap’s return to […]

Medical/pharmaceutical transport

Research confirms “drone delivery of defibrillators for cardiac arrest results in faster initiation of CPR”

Canadian researchers have confirmed that delivery by drones of automated external defibrillators (AED) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is quite feasible and, in simulations, resulted in faster initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after “fine-tuning” an earlier […]

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Drone company Swoop Aero secures “eight figure investment” for medical delivery business

Swoop Aero, a Melbourne-based company that builds and operates drones to transport medical supplies, has secured an eight-figure sum from an investment round, reports australianaviation.com.au. The company will use the money from Right Click Capital […]

Medical/pharmaceutical transport

New Report: Recent DroneUp trials transporting medical supplies during pandemic very favourable

Two months ago, DroneUp conducted a series of tests where drones transported medical supplies under varying conditions, reports govtech.com. A new report on the trials offers insights about communication, equipment and procedures which shows that […]