PHARMACEUTICAL LOCATOR AND INVENTORY ESTIMATION

• US 20160342748A1
• Filed: 05/19/2015
• Published: 11/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Inventors: Granne, Rebecca, DiBartolomeo, Kristin, Kopischke, Abigail, Harris, Aaron, Gulfo, Adele
• Granted Patent: US 10,657,583 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, device, and storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving, from a user device, a request for pharmaceutical availability, the request including a pharmaceutical identification and a location; identifying a pharmacy near the received location that is known to stock a non-branded pharmaceutical identified by the pharmaceutical identification that is manufactured by a specified pharmaceutical manufacturer; and transmitting the identified pharmacy to the user device, whereby the user device receives a list of at least one nearby pharmacy that carries the non-branded pharmaceutical manufactured by the specified pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by an application server, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for receiving, from a user device, a request for pharmaceutical availability, the request including a pharmaceutical identification and a location;

instructions for identifying a pharmacy near the received location that is known to stock a non-branded pharmaceutical identified by the pharmaceutical identification that is manufactured by a specified pharmaceutical manufacturer; and

instructions for transmitting the identified pharmacy to the user device, whereby the user device receives a list of at least one nearby pharmacy that carries the non-branded pharmaceutical manufactured by the specified pharmaceutical manufacturer.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising:

instructions for determining an availability of the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy,

wherein the instructions for transmitting the identified pharmacy to the user device comprise instructions for transmitting the identified pharmacy together with the determined availability.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions for determining an availability of the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy comprise:

instructions for determining a frequency of prescription for the identified pharmaceutical;

instructions for determining, based on transaction data and the prescription frequency, a level of availability for the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the transaction data is sales data describing at least one sales transaction providing the non-branded pharmaceutical to a distribution center associated with the pharmacy.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the transaction data is chargeback data describing at least one distribution transaction providing the non-branded pharmaceutical to the pharmacy from a distribution center associated with the pharmacy.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the instructions for determining, based on transaction data and the prescription frequency, a level of availability for the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy comprise:

instructions for identifying an applicable rule from a rule table, wherein the applicable rule applies to the transaction data and the prescription frequency and the applicable rule indicates the level of availability.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the applicable rule specifies a time interval from a current date, and the transaction data includes a transaction falling within the specified time interval.

8. An application server comprising:

a memory;

a network interface; and

a processor in communication with the memory and the network interface, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive, via the network interface from a user device, a request for pharmaceutical availability, the request including a pharmaceutical identification and a location,

identify a pharmacy near the received location that is known to stock a non-branded pharmaceutical identified by the pharmaceutical identification that is manufactured by a specified pharmaceutical manufacturer, and

transmit the identified pharmacy to the user device via the network interface, whereby the user device receives a list of at least one nearby pharmacy that carries the non-branded pharmaceutical manufactured by the specified pharmaceutical manufacturer.

9. The application server of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an availability of the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy,

wherein in transmitting the identified pharmacy to the user device, the processor is configured to transmit the identified pharmacy together with the determined availability.

10. The application server of claim 9, wherein in determining an availability of the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy the processor is configured to:

determine a frequency of prescription for the identified pharmaceutical;

determine, based on transaction data and the prescription frequency, a level of availability for the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy.

11. The application server of claim 10, wherein the transaction data is sales data describing at least one sales transaction providing the non-branded pharmaceutical to a distribution center associated with the pharmacy.

12. The application server of claim 10, wherein the transaction data is chargeback data describing at least one distribution transaction providing the non-branded pharmaceutical to the pharmacy from a distribution center associated with the pharmacy.

13. The application server of claim 10, wherein in determining, based on transaction data and the prescription frequency, a level of availability for the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy the processor is configured to:

identify an applicable rule from a rule table, wherein the applicable rule applies to the transaction data and the prescription frequency and the applicable rule indicates the level of availability.

14. The application server of claim 13, wherein the applicable rule specifies a time interval from a current date, and the transaction data includes a transaction falling within the specified time interval.

15. A method performed by an application server, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user device, a request for pharmaceutical availability, the request including a pharmaceutical identification and a location;

identifying a pharmacy near the received location that is known to stock a non-branded pharmaceutical identified by the pharmaceutical identification that is manufactured by a specified pharmaceutical manufacturer; and

transmitting the identified pharmacy to the user device, whereby the user device receives a list of at least one nearby pharmacy that carries the non-branded pharmaceutical manufactured by the specified pharmaceutical manufacturer.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining an availability of the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy,

wherein transmitting the identified pharmacy to the user device comprises transmitting the identified pharmacy together with the determined availability.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein determining an availability of the pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy comprises:

determining a frequency of prescription for the identified pharmaceutical;

determining, based on transaction data and the prescription frequency, a level of availability for the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the transaction data is sales data describing at least one sales transaction providing the non-branded pharmaceutical to a distribution center associated with the pharmacy.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the transaction data is chargeback data describing at least one distribution transaction providing the non-branded pharmaceutical to the pharmacy from a distribution center associated with the pharmacy.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein determining, based on transaction data and the prescription frequency, a level of availability for the non-branded pharmaceutical at the identified pharmacy comprises:

identifying an applicable rule from a rule table, wherein the applicable rule applies to the transaction data and the prescription frequency and the applicable rule indicates the level of availability.