Apian
About
About Apian
Apian’s Dreadnought platform receives a healthcare shipment request, checks the required timing and handling conditions and matches it with an approved drone or ground-robot operator. It then coordinates scheduling, collection, flight or ground movement and delivery while giving clinical teams a live record of the consignment. The system is designed to integrate with existing hospital logistics and information workflows.
The company provides the orchestration layer connecting healthcare providers, vehicle operators, regulators and local infrastructure. Current programmes include medical-logistics services with Wing and South West London Pathology around St George’s Hospital. Apian manages operating design, regulatory coordination and network integration so hospitals can introduce autonomous delivery without building an aviation organisation internally.
Operations
Operating milestones
- Operating metric
2026-07-15 - Apian and Wing’s SWLP pathology route reduced some delivery times by up to85%. - Nelson Health Centre to St George's Hospital pathology route - London pathology network
Source
Deployments
- Operating use
2026-10-14 - In supervised trials, Apian ground robots transported more than 1,400 live patient samples at the Synnovis Blackfriars hub laboratory. - Supervised ground-robot trial linking drone landing pads and the diagnostic laboratory; not fleet count - Blackfriars hub laboratory
Source - Commercial activity
2026-07-15 - Apian and Wing’s SWLP drone sample-delivery route had benefited more than 2,000 patients by the July announcement. - Patients benefiting from the Nelson Health Centre to St George’s Hospital route sinceFebruary2026
Source - Commercial activity
2026-04-24 - Apian and Matternet launched Central London NHS drone delivery operations connecting hospital campuses for time-sensitive medical logistics. - named healthcare logistics network - Central London hospital network
Source - Customer site
2024-11-13 - Apian and Wing operated a six-month NHS blood-sample drone trial between Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals, cutting the route from more than 30 minutes by road to under two minutes by air. - single named pilot route - Guy's and St Thomas' hospital corridor
Source
Team
- Alexander Trewby - Co-Founder and CEO
- Hammad Jeilani - Medical Director and Co-Founder - Leads Apian’s medical work on drone logistics, including blood-component transport trials.
- Christopher Law - Co-Founder (historical, 2020)
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-20 - Deployment - Matternet and Apian extend NHS drone deliveries to Great Ormond Street
The partners say urgent delivery times can fall by up to 90%, supporting quicker laboratory processing. The initial route connects GOSH with nearby TDL laboratories, with additional sites planned. Matternet reports more than 60,000 commercial flights across its global network, separate from this new hospital route.
Source - 2026-10-14 - Partnership - Apian and Synnovis develop pathology-logistics world model with NVIDIA
Supervised ground-robot trials at Synnovis’ Blackfriars hub delivered more than 1,400 live patient samples between drone landing pads and the diagnostic laboratory. The initiative uses Omniverse and Isaac Sim digital twins alongside NVIDIA Cosmos world models. Real-world workflow data is intended to improve simulation and robot orchestration across laboratory layouts, lifts and moving obstacles.
Source - 2026-09-07 - Partnership - Apian and Synnovis plan expansion of London medical-drone logistics
Urgent samples from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital are planned to fly to Synnovis' Blackfriars laboratory hub this autumn. Matternet aircraft are identified for the expanded service. The September announcement is a partnership and rollout plan; it does not state that the expanded routes are already operating.
Source - 2026-07-15 - Deployment - Apian and Wing expand NHS pathology-drone network in southwest London
The initial operation cut the Nelson Health Centre-to-St George's Hospital route from about 20 minutes by road to just over three minutes by drone. More than 2,000 patients had benefited by July 2026, while Apian reported delivery times up to 85% faster than ground logistics. Planned links include St Helier, Croydon and Kingston hospitals and primary-care sites across a network serving 1.8 million people.
Source - 2026-04-24 - Deployment - Matternet launches NHS medical drone delivery operations in Central London
Matternet launched medical drone delivery operations for the NHS in Central London using its M2 drone system. The service is delivered in partnership with Apian as part of a broader city-scale medical drone network. The launch marks Matternet’s first operational deployment in the United Kingdom.
Source - 2025-06-17 - Deployment - Apian unveils expansion of London's NHS drone delivery network
Apian unveiled initial details for expanding London's NHS drone delivery network. The expansion builds on drone logistics work with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and healthcare delivery partners. Apian also described plans for autonomous ground delivery robots to automate the final clinical handoff inside hospital logistics.
Source - 2024-11-13 - Deployment - Apian and Wing begin NHS blood-sample drone trial in Central London
The drone journey takes less than two minutes, compared with more than 30 minutes for the existing road transfer. The service supports blood testing for surgical patients at high risk of bleeding complications and operates on demand on weekdays. The Civil Aviation Authority approved the six-month operation, while NATS is coordinating it alongside crewed aircraft.
Source - 2024-09-17 - Partnership - Apian and Wing prepare NHS blood-sample drone deliveries
The project linked Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust hospitals in central London. The service targeted faster transport of urgent blood samples across congested urban routes.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Wing Aviation
Drone Platform And Operating Partner - Apian and Wing operate and expand the South West London pathology-drone network.
- Synnovis
Medical Drone Logistics Partner - Apian and Synnovis collaborate on autonomous pathology-sample logistics and a foundation world model for laboratory workflows.
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Deployment Partner - Apian and Wing operate an on-demand blood-sample drone service for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust between its central London hospitals.
- Matternet
Partner - Matternet and Apian operate NHS medical drone delivery routes in Central London.
- NVIDIA
Technology Collaborator - Apian collaborates with NVIDIA on a foundation world model for pathology-lab logistics using Omniverse, Isaac Sim and Cosmos.
Context
Shared workflows
- Haast Autonomous
workflow adjacency - Medical Supply Drone Delivery
- Skyports Drone Services
workflow adjacency - Medical Supply Drone Delivery
- Aviant
workflow adjacency - Medical Supply Drone Delivery
- Connect Robotics
workflow adjacency - Medical Supply Drone Delivery
- JEDSY
workflow adjacency - Medical Supply Drone Delivery
- Wingcopter
workflow adjacency - Medical Supply Drone Delivery
- Sora-iina
workflow adjacency - Medical Supply Drone Delivery
Context tags
- Medical supply drone delivery - Workflow - Apian provides healthcare-logistics infrastructure and coordinates drone/robot delivery programmes using third-party platforms.
- Medical logistics operator - Peer Group - Apian provides healthcare-logistics infrastructure and coordinates drone/robot delivery programmes using third-party platforms.