System and method for early identification of safety concerns of new drugs
US7917374B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H50/70
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Method and system for identifying safety concerns regarding a new drug. In one example, a database of healthcare claims is utilized and the method may include identifying from the database a first group of patients that have received the drug; extracting one or more medical events that the first group of patients have experienced; identifying a second group of patients that have received a comparator drug; extracting one or more medical events that the second group of patients have experienced; and comparing the one or more medical events of the first group to the one or more medical events of the second group to determine one or more common occurrences therebetween. The method may also include computing a probability value for each of the one or more common occurrences. In this way, embodiments of the present invention may be used to identify and quantify the probability that certain medical events will occur to patients taking the new drug.
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