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While not a unicorn, this could potentially succeed as an indie-hacker sized project. One potential business strategy could be a high-level information hub - a

While not a unicorn, this could potentially succeed as an indie-hacker sized project. One potential business strategy could be a high-level information hub - a weekly blog + podcast for example. Each week look at a different drug or illness, look at all the relevant papers, do a short statistical analysis, and summarize. Then get some patreons, run ads, maybe sponsorships for particular drugs, etc. I think there's a lot of math geeks out there that would find this useful/interesting enough to follow on a regular basis, even if just to see what's going on in the healthcare space.

mrfredward 7y ago
Another idea that could make this a viable business: while in general consumers won't pay for this sort of thing, there are certain problems that the medical establishment just does a horrible job treating, where I think people would gladly pay up. Migraines, for example. I personally suffer from some sort of headache disorder (symptoms are a mix between migraines and cluster headaches, I've had different diagnoses). I went to a neurologist every 3 months for 2 years, at $200 per 30 minute visit, and usually less than 10 of those minutes were spent with the doctor. Every time he made some seat of the pants guess as to what to do next (adjust the dosage I was receiving, or change medications). In the end, I never found anything better than taking a bunch of ibuprofen at the first sign of a headache, and that was something I figured out on my own. I wouldn't pay a dime to see a comparison of generic and name brand NyQuil, but if a trustworthy source offered me a personalized report on what medications I should be looking at based on my headache symptoms, and had studies to back it up, I'd gladly pay $100+.