Volansi’s Medical Delivery

With 1.4 million people across 29 counties, eastern North Carolina’s vast, rural environment can create challenges for accessing care. In collaboration with Merck, Volansi is piloting the delivery of cold chain medicines from Merck’s Wilson, N.C. manufacturing site to Vidant Healthplex-Wilson, a Vidant Health clinic, as the first of three phases in a project to learn about drone technology’s role and ability to improve access to healthcare. Initial flights in the project resulted in the...