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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mena: Vaccine absorption rate in parts of Africa is only 20-25%
“In some estimates, in some parts of Africa, that absorption rate, 20 to 25%. So only 20 to 25% of what gets into the country to be injected in patients is viable.”
John Mena Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:08 a16z Podcast | Drones for Delivery in Healthcare
Assertion Supported
UPS VP John Mena: Zipline's Rwanda operation generates commercial revenue
“For Keller, it's a real revenue producing operation. They're making, you know, some money on this.”
John Mena Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:26 a16z Podcast | Drones for Delivery in Healthcare
Prediction Not checkable as stated
UPS VP: Medical drone delivery will adopt in developed countries
“Because we think not only is this leapfrogging the road infrastructure In, in Africa and other parts of the less established world, but for the more established world, this becomes potentially a much better urgent delivery of urgent healthcare to patients that…”
John Mena Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:33 a16z Podcast | Drones for Delivery in Healthcare
Insight
Centralized medical inventory is economically superior to stocking 6,000 hospitals
“There's many healthcare-related products that are extremely expensive to store, so you don't want to have Significant amounts of inventory in every hospital in the U.S., 6000 hospitals, you know, it's much more efficient to locate a smaller quantity of invento…”
John Mena Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:39 a16z Podcast | Drones for Delivery in Healthcare
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Mena: Regulators will base drone rules on life-saving medical uses
“And the regulatory environment is not going to build its use cases on that. They're going to build it on life-saving products.”
John Mena Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:51 a16z Podcast | Drones for Delivery in Healthcare
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