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Inside this edition: FTC proposes to ban noncompetes; the nonshortage shortage of medicine; and Estes moves to hand down the family business. 

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The time has arrived. The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-the-rise-of-nearshoring

Rwanda launches nationwide drone delivery service with Zipline

What began six years ago as a small pilot program using drones to deliver blood in remote areas of Rwanda has now evolved into a first-of-its-kind nationwide drone delivery network.

On Thursday, Bay Area-based drone delivery firm Zipline and the government of Rwanda announced a new partnership that will grant the company medical delivery service access to every single resident and household in the country.

The new partnership will triple Rwanda’s drone delivery volume by adding new delivery sites...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rwanda-launches-nationwide-drone-delivery-service-with-zipline

Zipline partners with MultiCare on drone delivery to hospitals, doctors’ offices

Zipline medical delivery drone

Drones are going to the emergency room.

Through its latest partnership, drone delivery firm Zipline will airdrop medical supplies like lab samples, medications and test kits to hospitals, laboratories and doctors’ offices in Tacoma, Washington. Zipline will work with nonprofit organization MultiCare Health Systems, which operates a network of medical facilities in the area. 

The arrangement aims to create an on-demand delivery model for MultiCare’s providers using electric, autonomous aircraft....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zipline-partners-with-multicare-on-drone-delivery-to-hospitals-doctors-offices

Medically Necessary: Humanitarian Heroes

Humanitarian Heroes
(Photo: Walter Ulrich/Medical Bridges)

Medical Bridges’ vision:

(Photo: Walter Ulrich/MedicalBridges)

“A world in which every person enjoys access
to quality health care with dignity and respect.”

Non-Governmental Organization on a Mission

Medical Bridges is one of hundreds of humanitarian aid organizations being impacted by the current global supply chain and competing for space along with all the other commodities.

What is the solution to efficiently and cost-effectively...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/medically-necessary-humanitarian-heroes

FMCSA asks: How much is the industry using the HOS waiver?

With another extension of the emergency hours-of-service waiver looming, federal regulators want the trucking industry to let them know to what extent carriers and drivers are actually taking advantage of the exemption.

The first-of-its-kind, 50-state exemption was originally issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The order gives drivers and carriers more time to make deliveries without violating federal work-hour...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-asks-how-much-is-the-industry-using-the-hos-waiver

White Paper: Simplifying Time-Critical Medical Specimen Shipments

In our latest white paper, “How to Prevent Costly Delays for Time-Critical Medical Specimen Shipments”, we share the current challenges labs and hospitals face with inefficient manual shipping processes and how to solve this costly, and sometimes life-threatening, problem.

Take a sneak peek at what to expect:

• Why medical shipments get delayed
• The implications of delayed medical testing
• How one lab solved critical STAT delays
• The lack of visibility for time-critical medical specimen shipments
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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-simplifying-time-critical-medical-specimen-shipments

Commentary: Cargo keeps Alaska’s skies very busy

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

In Alaska, the aviation sector is crucial. Small, isolated communities that have no road networks or are hundreds of miles from coastal ports rely on airplanes for travel and for cargo deliveries. Most of that cargo is transshipped though Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC).

What makes ANC one of the busiest cargo airports in the world is its...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-cargo-keeps-alaskas-skies-very-busy

FMCSA extends HOS emergency waiver until end of 2020

Federal regulators have extended a national emergency order exempting carriers and drivers from certain hour-of-service (HOS) regulations until Dec. 31.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) declaration, issued late Friday, is the first multi-month extension of the HOS exemption since the order was initiated in March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The five previous extensions lasted until the following month, with the most recent set to expire on Sept. 14.

“FMCSA is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-extends-hos-emergency-waiver-until-end-of-2020

DHL injects $1.6M into new Indianapolis life sciences facility

DHL Global Forwarding

DHL Global Forwarding (OTCMKTS: DPSGY) has opened a 20,000-square-foot, temperature-controlled facility in Indianapolis that will cater to pharmaceutical and medical product shippers.

The $1.6 million facility has variable temperature capabilities to process all types of pharmaceutical, biotech or medical products that require strict temperature control, the company said.

The Indianapolis facility is one of eight “Certified Life Sciences Stations” that support DHL’s Thermonet service for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-injects-16m-into-new-indianapolis-life-sciences-facility

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