3. Facts and Statistics
8 million
infants born
each year with birth defects
3.3 million
children under age 5
die because of birth defects
2/3
of
pregnant
women
take
prescrip4on
medica4ons
Pregnant
women
are
excluded
from
drug
trials
Birth
Defects
Risk
Factors
Some prescription
drugs and OTC
medications can
interfere with
normal fetus
development,
resulting in birth
defects
Medication
Examples
Accutane
Thalidomide
Vitamin A
Warfarin
ACE Inhibitors
ETC...
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4. Solution: Guardian
With patient authorization, Guardian collects
medication information from pregnant
mothers and existing drug databases.
1. Connect pregnant women via platform
2. Self-reported side effects
3. Machine learning for data processing
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5. $2.6 Billion dollars
annually due to birth
defects in US
Market
Provides crucial
individualized
information, based on
data, about specific
risk factors
Informative
Using statistical and
computational
methods, meaningful
insights could be
discovered
Data Processing
%
Solution: Guardian Angel
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