The UK has announced moves toward drone deliveries of transplant organs and vital medicines like vaccines being flown around the country. The steps in preparing the transportation of critical supplies to patients puts the country at the forefront of nations considering deploying the craft for urgent medical services.
With testing of drones delivering blood, organs, vaccines, and other sensitive medical payloads in advancing stages around the world, the UK is now moving to define the ways that will become a regular occurrence within the country. In doing so, the state Regulators’ Pioneer Fund that supports innovation has provided a grant to Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for use in establishing standards for the activity. As part of that, the CAA will work with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to create and test specialized containers for those medical payloads.
That effort will seek compliancy with international…
