Zipline and Magellan RX Partner on Drone Delivery

Instant logistics leader Zipline has announced a partnership with Magellan Rx Management, the full-service pharmacy benefits management division of Magellan Health, Inc., for the delivery of prescription medications, which will include specialty medications for the treatment of chronic, complex conditions, directly to patients’ homes by drone. Magellan Rx Management is just the latest among a growing number of organizations that are partnering with Zipline worldwide.

Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world’s largest automated on-demand delivery service, which has completed over 235,000 commercial deliveries so far, with a delivery made once every four minutes on average. Magellan Rx will be the first pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) to deliver specialty and traditional medications through Zipline. This option will first be made available to Magellan Rx members in the North Carolina…