DripDrop ORS
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | San Francisco, California |
| Founder | Eduardo Dolhun |
| Headquarters | United States  |
| Products | Oral rehydration therapy powder[1] |
| Website | dripdrop |
DripDrop is an oral rehydration therapy (ORT), based in San Francisco, California.[2][3][4] Eduardo Dolhun founded the company in 2008 and began manufacturing in 2010.[3]
History
Dr. Eduardo Dolhun became interested in oral rehydration therapy while he was in Guatemala during a Cholera outbreak in 1993.[2][3] Dr. Dolhun began developing the DripDrop formula in 2007[5] and finalized the DropDrop ORS formula in 2010.[6] Dolhun tested oral rehydration therapy mixtures of sugars and salts on his patients at his private practice, Dolhun Clinic, in San Francisco, California.[2][3] DripDrop received US Patent in 2013.[7]
In August 2013, DripDrop raised $3 million in a funding round backed by Sam Nazarian, founder and CEO of SBE Entertainment Group,[8] John Elway and Ronnie Lott.[3] DripDrop won the bronze in the "treatments" category of the Edison Awards in 2014. Sammy Hagar, Bob Weir, founder of the Grateful Dead, Joe Satriani, electric guitar virtuoso, and Brook and Seth Taube led a $5.6 million funding round in August 2014.[9][10][11][12] The company raised more than $11 million by September 2014.[5]
Philanthropy
Proceeds from sales of DripDrop support the company's philanthropic efforts.[12]
DripDrop partnered with Doctors Outreach Clinic to provide its ORT solution to those affected by the 2010 Pakistan floods.[13][citation needed]
Through the medical not-for-profit organization Doctors Outreach, DripDrop has been used around the world in disaster and relief settings including Haiti and Pakistan in 2010, the Philippines in 2013, Nepal in 2015, Greece and Ecuador in 2016, and Houston and South Africa in 2017.[14][15]
DripDrop was used to treat Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia by ChildFund International.[16]
Description
DripDrop is designed to promote rehydration and electrolyte replacement in ill children, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Nutrition requirements to help prevent dehydration in infants and children.
DripDrop is lower in sugar than most sports drinks, containing 140 calories per Liter.
DripDrop is similar to rehydration fluids used by the World Health Organization (WHO) that are used to treat illnesses such as cholera and rotavirus.
Various academic organizations recommend DripDrop for treating short bowel syndrome.[17][18][19]
References
- ^ Malerie Yolen-Cohen (22 November 2014). "DripDrop Medical Grade Hydration". Newsday. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Patrick Clark (2013-08-22). "Will America's Hospitals Adopt a Dehydration Fix From the Developing World?". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ a b c d e Patrick Clark (2013-08-30). "Investors bet on oral rehydrator Drip Drop". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ "Members Highlight". Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ a b Ayana Byrd (19 September 2014). "You May Be Thirstier Than You Think". Fast Company. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Mayo Clinic Alumni" (PDF). ISSUE 4. 2017. p. 15.
- ^ "Patents Assigned to Drip Drop, Inc. - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ Stanley Green. "Sam Nazarian Takes A Shot Of Drip Drop". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Peter Farquhar (2014-08-15). "This Mundane Product Has Somehow Attracted The Coolest Venture Capitalists Ever, Including Sammy Hagar". Business Insider. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Kia Kokalitcheva (2014-08-14). "DripDrop's rehydration powder gets $5.6M from Sammy Hagar, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir". Venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ William Alden (2014-08-14). "Hydration Powder Attracts Grateful Dead's Bob Weir as Investor". DEALBOOK, The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ a b Timothy Hay (2014-08-14). "DripDrop Gets Rock Star Backing for Its Rehydration Product". www.wsj.com. WSJ, Venture Capital.
- ^ "Doctors Outreach Clinics". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ^ Mmakgomo Tshetlo (20 March 2017). "Drip Drop oral re-hydrate powder helps victims of Imizamo Yethu fire". Cape Talk. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ John Harvey (17 March 2017). "Doc helps destitute". IOL. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ Kate Andrews (8 December 2014). "Getting Rehydrated in Ebola's Epicenter". ChildFund International. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ Parrish, Carol (February 2015). "Hydrating the Adult Patient with Short Bowel Syndrome". Practical Gastroenterology. #138: 10–18.
- ^ Diet & Beverage Suggestions for Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS). University of Virginia Health System. 2016. pp. 1–4.
- ^ Nutrition Guidelines for Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome. University of Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation. 2015. pp. 1–4.