Drone manufacturer partners United Therapeutics to deliver human organs
Chinese drone manufacturer, Ehang, has announced a 15-year partnership with United Therapeutics to use its vehicles to deliver organs, with an order placed for 1,000 units of Ehang's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Transplant surgery failures led to the deaths of 200k people in the US last year and the companies are said to be working together to gain approval from the FDA to help improve the rate of success in transplants. Co-founder of Ehang, Derrick Xiong, speaks to CNBC in the attached video link, in addition to the new partnership, he highlights the company's priority to use its drones for emergency rescue, tourism, commercial, and transport purposes.

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A drone that can deliver organs to hospitals

Derrick Xiong, co-Founder of EHang, describes how the firm is partnering with United Therapeutics to use unmanned aerial vehicles for delivering organs from production facilities to hospitals for transplantation.