The goal of SIRUM is to redirect the estimated $100 million of still usable drugs that are destroyed each year in California to provide medicine for those in need. The SIRUM online platform aggregates and matches donors with clinics in real-time and facilitates the door-to-door shipment of donations.

Since most medicines are donated because they are close to expiration (short-dated), eliminating unnecessary middlemen in the supply chain increases the likelihood that recipient clinics will receive and dispense donated medicine to patients who need it, instead of having the medicine expire in a warehouse or in transit.

In this video, Deane Kirchner, director of nursing at Lincoln Glen Skilled Nursing, discusses the advantages of SIRUM.

This unique solution takes advantage of a recent reform of California's Health and Safety Code allowing medicine donations within the state for the first time. In addition, similar health care reform in 39 other states will allow SIRUM to expand its online community nationally.

CHCF invested in this project because we see potential in how the online platform facilitates access to very low-cost or free medicines to those patients who need it most. It makes the donation process easier for donors and makes use of medications which otherwise would have been destroyed.

For more information, visit the SIRUM site through the External Link below.