Zipline Launches Program to Deliver Medicine in Utah

California-based startup company Zipline has signed an agreement with Intermountain Healthcare to deliver medicine and medical supplies via drones in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jeremy Kariuki

Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 06:35 PM ET

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Zipline has used drones to deliver medical supplies to rural areas in Rwanda and Ghana since 2016. Zipline

Key Takeaways:

Zipline has partnered with Intermountain Healthcare to launch drone delivery of medicine and medical supplies in Salt Lake City, Utah, with services expected to begin next spring.
The drone service will focus on specialty pharmaceuticals and homecare products within a 50-mile radius, aiming for hundreds of deliveries per day within four years, pending FAA approval.
Zipline has extensive experience, having completed over 200,000 commercial medical deliveries since 2016 in rural areas of Rwanda and Ghana, utilizing autonomous fixed-wing drones that drop parachute-equipped packages.
This initiative aims to improve healthcare access by making it faster, more convenient, and enabling "care at home," ultimately making healthcare more equitable, efficient, and reliable.

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California-based startup company Zipline has signed an agreement with Intermountain Healthcare to deliver medicine and medical supplies via drones in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Since 2016, Zipline has used autonomous drones to deliver medical supplies to rural areas in Rwanda and Ghana, and it hopes to begin doing the same in the United States. The first deliveries are expected to start next spring, hoping to make hundreds of deliveries per day within the first four years.