Patent ID: 8126582

Claim:
A medicine prototype support system for an ingredient manufacturer developing a medical product including a confidential first main ingredient at a request of a product manufacturer comprising: one or more computer processors; a database using a storage device for storing main medical product ingredient information comprising at least information regarding the confidential first main ingredient and information regarding a second main ingredient, the information regarding the confidential first main ingredient being confidential information of the product manufacturer; communication means for receiving main ingredient information from the database; information conversion means using at least one of the one or more computer processors for converting main ingredient information to be transmitted to a computer system of a composition manufacturer from information regarding the confidential first main ingredient included in a request from a product manufacturer to information regarding the second main ingredient stored in the database by selecting an intermediate main ingredient having one or more material properties similar to the confidential first main ingredient and then selecting a second main ingredient having one or more material properties similar to the intermediate main ingredient, but having a different pharmacological effect than the confidential first main ingredient; composition ingredient determination means using at least one of the one or more computer processors for selecting a composition ingredient; and communication means for transmitting information regarding the selected second main ingredient and the selected composition ingredient to the computer system of the composition manufacturer, wherein the medicine prototype support system is configured to receive a first request for prototype manufacture, including the information regarding the confidential first main ingredient, from a computer system of the product manufacturer, to select the second main ingredient using the information conversion means, to select the composition ingredient using the composition ingredient determination means, and to transmit a second request for prototype manufacture including the information regarding the selected second main ingredient and the selected composition ingredient to a computer system of the composition manufacturer, so that the confidential first main ingredient information received from the computer system of the product manufacturer is not transmitted to the computer system of the composition manufacturer.