Zipline, Pfizer Join To Develop Drone Vaccine Distribution

Bill Carey June 11, 2021

Zipline and Novant Health won emergency approval from the FAA in May 2020 to deliver medical supplies in North Carolina.
Credit: Zipline

Drone delivery system operator Zipline and pharmaceutical company Pfizer have partnered to distribute COVID-19 vaccine as part of a U.S.-led effort to distribute 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to developing countries. The companies unveiled the partnership last week as U.S...

Bill Carey

Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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