Method for selling and distributing pharmaceuticals

• US 20020111828A1
• Filed: 10/23/2001
• Published: 08/15/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ESP Partners, LLC
• Original Assignee: ESP Partners, LLC
• Inventors: Bloder, Robert, Weisman, Howard J.
• Application Number:
  US10/037,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20020111828A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/00 Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis vaccination prophylaxis, vaccination therapy A61B17/20; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination menstruation tables G06C3/00; Throat striking implements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0003 including means for analysis by an unskilled person
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for distributing pharmaceutical products comprising the steps of developing a disease management program and related materials having specific relevance to a counterpart pharmaceutical product to be distributed in conjunction with the counterpart pharmaceutical product, providing a pharmaceutical product supplier to supply the disease management program related materials directly to a patient in conjunction with the counterpart pharmaceutical product when the patient fills a prescription, communicating to a doctor the disease management program and related materials and the relevance of the program and materials to the counterpart pharmaceutical product. The method includes providing a method of communication between the doctor and a patient for whom the doctor has prescribed the disease management program and its counterpart drug. The invention also includes a method for treating a person with a medical condition using a pharmaceutical product comprising the steps recited above.

Claims

1. A method for distributing pharmaceutical products comprising the steps of:

developing a disease management program and related materials having specific relevance to a counterpart pharmaceutical product to be distributed in conjunction with said counterpart pharmaceutical product;

providing a pharmaceutical product supplier to supply said disease management program related materials directly to a patient in conjunction with said counterpart pharmaceutical product when said patient fills a prescription;

communicating to a doctor said disease management program and said related materials and said relevance of said program and said materials to said counterpart pharmaceutical product; and

providing means of communication between said doctor, a patient for whom said doctor has prescribed said disease management program and its counterpart drug, and said pharmaceutical product supplier.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of developing said disease management program includes developing a plurality of different management programs for each counterpart drug whereby said doctor can select which of said plurality of management programs should be prescribed along with said drug.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said disease management program includes a diagnostic test for an acute or chronic disease.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of preventing a patient'"'"'s participation in said disease management program until said patient has received said disease management program materials and said counterpart pharmaceutical product.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of providing an electronic host with a computer readable site on a global computer network for said patient to communicate with said host.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of compiling data from said patient.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said compiling step is performed via communication with said patient via a global computer network.

8. The method of claim 1 further wherein said means of communication comprises a computer accessible site on a global computer network.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said means of communication includes the use of a global computer network.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of providing prescription adherence reminders after said patient fills said prescription.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of waiting until said patient fills said prescription and begins following said disease management program and then contacting said patient for feedback.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of sharing said feedback with a pharmaceutical product manufacturer.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of using said feedback to market pharmaceutical products.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said patient chooses to participate in said disease management program in addition to receiving said pharmaceutical product before said prescription is written.

14. A method for distributing pharmaceutical products comprising the steps of:

developing a disease management program and related materials to be distributed in conjunction with a counterpart pharmaceutical product;

providing a pharmaceutical supplier to supply said disease management program related materials in conjunction with said counterpart pharmaceutical product;

communicating to a doctor said disease state management program and said program'"'"'s relationship with its counterpart drug;

not allowing participation of said patient in said disease management program until after said patient has filled said prescription for said disease management program and its counterpart drug; and

providing a method of communication between said doctor and a patient for whom said doctor has prescribed said disease management program and its counterpart drug.

15. A method of treating a person with a medical condition using a pharmaceutical product comprising the steps of:

developing a disease management program and related materials to be distributed in conjunction with a pharmaceutical product;

prescribing said pharmaceutical product and said disease management program related materials to a patient;

providing a pharmaceutical supplier to supply said disease management program in conjunction with said counterpart pharmaceutical product directly to a patient in conjunction with said counterpart pharmaceutical product when said patient fills a prescription;

communicating with said patient after said patient begins treatment with said pharmaceutical product and said disease management program via a global computer network; and

compiling data from said communications with said patient.