Medical/pharmaceutical transport

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced a commercial agreement with the David McAntony Gibson Foundation o/a GlobalMedic (GM) to deploy DDC’s drone delivery solution to provide service to the Beausoleil First Nation Community (BFN) in […]

The Indian Union Government has begun the process of granting regulatory permissions to the operation of drones for commercial purposes. Thirteen companies have received the go-ahead to conduct trials and submit proof of concept to […]

Drone company Zipline and medical producer Novant Health have partnered to launch a distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical products in North Carolina, reports techcrunch.com. Novant is a non-profit healthcare provider with a network […]

Skyports and Thales have announced a partnership to trial medical drone deliveries in the Scotland. “The aim of the trial, backed by Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) – part of NHS Highland,” says a […]

The expert developing the drone being trialled on the Isle of Wight says research is underway to allow it to ‘fly solo’ by taking the human “out of the loop completely”. According to iwradio.co.uk, Professor […]

Everdrone has announced in a company press release today, that it is now deploying a drone system that delivers Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to the scene of cardiac arrests. In doing so, bystanders will now […]

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Matternet’s M2 drone has been approved to start Durability and Reliability (D&R) testing. This is one of the final steps to achieve type certification to fly in the USA. Matternet, a developer of the world’s leading […]

A UK dentist has apologised after being reported to the police for using a drone to deliver medicine to a patient, reports the expressandstar.com. Willows Dental and Implant Centre in the village of Wombourne, near […]

Mexico’s Sincronia Logistica has now made more than 100 deliveries of COVID-19 medical supplies to IMSS General Regional Hospital II in El Marqués, Querétaro, from its ground-based fleet of delivery vehicles and is planning to […]