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83 J. Air L. & Com. 421 (2018)
Safety Meets Efficiency: The Medical Device Drone's Role in Bringing about a Workable Regulatory Framework for Commercial Drones

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   SAFETY MEETS EFFICIENCY: THE MEDICAL DEVICE
   DRONE'S ROLE IN BRINGING ABOUT A WORKABLE
             REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR
                  COMMERCIAL DRONES

 LuKE STRIEBER*




                      INTRODUCTION
 DRONES, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs), and
     Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) are relatively new inno-
vations. Their uses have ranged from recreational toys to lethal
weapons on the battlefield. As drones' popularity has grown
among hobbyists and government agencies, another group has
begun to show interest in the economic benefits they could
bring: private companies. Domino's Pizza's drone-delivered
pizza1 and Amazon Prime's Air Delivery2 have sparked the pub-
lic's interest and subsequent debates regarding the correct way
to regulate the burgeoning industry. The current regulations
make it impossible for commercial drone operations, and specif-
ically the drone delivery business, to thrive; but too little regula-
tion could lead to more accidents and less consistency around
which companies will be able to build a business model. Conse-
quently, there is a need to identify a specific use for drones in
which the efficiencies gained trump the safety considerations
that lead to overly burdensome regulations. The transport of
medicine, blood, and medical devices is an ideal testing ground
by which companies are provided incentives to improve drone

  * Luke Strieber is a candidate for Juris Doctor, May 2019, at SMU Dedman
School of Law. He received his B.A. in Economics from Princeton University in
2012.
  1 David Wells, Domino's Delivers World's First Ever Pizza by Drone, CNBC (Nov. 16,
2016), https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/16/dominos-has-delivered-the-worlds-
first-ever-pizza-by-drone-to-a-new-zealand-couple.html [http://perma.cc/FX4U-
JD6V].
  2 Georgia Wells & Lauren Stevens, Amazon Conducts First Commercial Drone Deliv-
ery, WALL ST. J. (Dec. 14, 2016), https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-conducts-
first-commercial-drone-delivery-1481725956 [http://perma.cc/TZK4-UJCG].

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