SIRUM
SIRUM operates a technology-powered platform that connects healthcare organizations with surplus, unexpired medicine to community partners serving patients who cannot afford their prescriptions. The organization has helped over 500,000 patients by redirecting up to $11 billion in wasted medicine annually through a three-step donation, matching, and dispensing process. SIRUM also contributes its drug donation law expertise, having informed a dozen state medicine donation laws and policies.
- Healthcare Technology
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Software Only
Funding
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Product
Problem
Fifty million Americans skip their prescribed medications due to high costs, often forced to choose between medicine and basic needs like food, housing, or transportation. Meanwhile, up to $11 billion in unexpired, unopened medicine goes to waste every year as healthcare organizations destroy surplus inventory instead of redirecting it to those who need it.
Solution
SIRUM is the nation's largest redistributor of surplus medicine, operating a technology-powered platform that connects healthcare organizations—including nursing homes, pharmacies, and manufacturers—with community partners serving patients in need. The platform facilitates a three-step process: donors contribute surplus medicine instead of destroying it, SIRUM matches donated medicine to vetted community partners, and those partners dispense the medicine to patients who otherwise lack access. By leveraging its expertise in drug donation laws and patented technologies, SIRUM transforms wasted medicine into a reliable supply channel for underserved populations. The organization reports having helped over 500,000 patients and aims to distribute nearly $1 billion in medicine to 1 million patients over the next five years.
Target Audience
Primary stakeholders include healthcare organizations such as nursing homes, pharmacies, and manufacturers seeking to donate surplus medicine, alongside community health centers, clinics, and other partners that dispense donated medications to uninsured and underinsured patients.
Features
- National drug donation law expertise with input on a dozen state medicine donation laws and policies
- Patented technology platform for matching surplus medicine donations to community partners
- Sourcing network including nursing homes, pharmacies, and manufacturing corporations
- Established relationships with community partners who safely transport and dispense donated medications
- Scalable infrastructure designed to redirect up to $11 billion in wasted medicine annually