Patent ID: 7970630
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G06Q,G16B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for integrating biomedical development information, comprising: receiving, using one or more processors, biomedical development data from each of a plurality of biomedical development phases; receiving, using the one or more processors, metadata from each of the plurality of biomedical development phases relating to the received biomedical development data; storing, using the one or more processors, the received metadata in a database using a plurality of metadata structures, each of the plurality of metadata structures being specific to a different one of the plurality of biomedical development phases; processing, using the one or more processors, the metadata to generate links between two or more of the plurality of metadata structures to identify how biomedical development data received during one biomedical development phase interrelates with other biomedical development data received during another biomedical development phase; identifying an adverse reaction; and determining, using the one or more processors, whether the identified adverse reaction had been previously identified, wherein determining includes using one or more of the generated links, and wherein when the identified adverse reaction has not been previously identified, one or more recommendations for receiving metadata are generated to improve the likelihood of identifying any future adverse reactions.