by Michael Willoughby Two medical supply startups are among those receiving investment from the UNICEF Innovation Fund to help solve global challenges for the world’s children.
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Category: Medical/pharmaceutical transport
Avy launches wing drone to transport blood and medicine. VIDEO
by Michael Willoughby Avy has launched a “lifesaving” wing drone to transport blood and medicine between blood banks. The craft (seen in this video) flies
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Entrepreneur set to open drone blood-delivery service in Uganda next year.
by Michael Willoughby The Ugandan government is set to permit Ugandan-German innovator, John Goslin, to start supplying blood to public hospitals in Kampala using drones
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Comparing the cost-effectiveness of drones v ground vehicles for medical, food and parcel deliveries
By Thiago Tavares, VVA Brussels According to the United Nations[1], more than 55% of the world’s population lived in urban settlements in 2018 and 60%
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Workhorse partners with USOG to launch Pilot programmes for drone delivery of medical supplies
by Michael Willoughby Workhorse Group, an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric-mobility solutions to the transportation sector has partnered with Unmanned
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Pierce-Redwing partnership targets BVLOS global medical deliveries
A partnership between Pierce Aerospace and Redwing Labs aims to expand BVLOS operations for commercial healthcare deliveries. The agreement combines Pierce’s drone remote identification capability
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Everdrone completes first autonomous drone delivery between hospitals in Sweden
Swedish software and drone service developer, Everdrone, has completed its first fully autonomous deliveries between two hospitals in central Gothenburg, the company announced in a
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“First medical drone deliveries take place in India”
Numerous press reports say that the first successful delivery of a single unit of blood from a remote primary health centre in India has taken
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South Africa to trial blood deliveries by drone
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is planning to launch a nationwide blood delivery service by drone. As part of the proof of concept,
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Skyports and partners launch medical drone delivery service in Turnhout
AZ Turnhout hospital, the City of Turnhout and drone service provider Skyports will jointly test a new logistics service during which medical products will be
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