PHALCON — research & institutional programs

Run programs across a region, with the evidence to show they worked.

PHALCON is PharmaGuide's applied research and innovation arm, designing, validating, and operationalizing new models before they power real-world healthcare platforms.

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Advance Applied Research

Advance Applied Research

We take raw clinical data and unproven hypotheses and turn them into validated AI models and actionable insights—giving researchers, clinicians, and health systems the evidence they need to move forward with confidence.

Inform Policy & Public Initiatives

Inform Policy & Public Initiatives

We synthesize real-world evidence and system constraints into policy recommendations and strategic frameworks—equipping government agencies, public health bodies, and institutional leaders to make informed, defensible decisions.

Translate Innovation into Impact

Translate Innovation into Impact

We transform proven research models into deployed platform capabilities and production-ready features—delivering tangible tools that pharmacies, healthcare providers, and patients can use today to improve outcomes.

What PHALCON Does

PHALCON serves as the scientific and technological backbone of PharmaGuide, driving innovation through applied research, experimental development, and AI model advancement.

Through rigorous experimentation, validation, and real-world testing, PHALCON ensures that emerging technologies are accurate, compliant, and scalable before being deployed across PharmaGuide platforms.

Research and development

How PHALCON creates impact

1

Scientific Exploration

Design and test novel AI models, data methodologies, and experimental approaches to address real-world healthcare challenges.

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2

Experimental Development & Validation

Train, evaluate, and refine models through rigorous experimentation, ensuring accuracy, robustness, and regulatory alignment.

3

Translation to Real-World Systems

Prepare validated innovations for responsible deployment across healthcare environments and PharmaGuide platforms.

Where innovation meets execution

Published Research & Projects

  • Predicting drug shortages using pharmacy data and machine learning

    Type
    Peer-reviewed research
    Partner
    Digital Technologies Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada
    Year
    2023

    Published in Health Care Management Science. Authors: Pall R, Gauthier Y, Auer S, Mowaswes W.

    Read the paper (DOI)

  • Predicting the near-term inventory needs of prescription drugs by pharmacies

    Type
    Project report prepared for PharmaGuide
    Partner
    National Research Council of Canada
    Year
    2022
    NRC publications record

  • Developing patient text summaries from dispensing history

    Type
    Applied research collaboration
    Partner
    National Research Council of Canada
    Focus
    Turning a dispensing record into readable clinical context

  • Automated capture of prescription documents

    Type
    Current research project
    Partner
    NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program
    Focus
    End-to-end intake: document capture, data entry and fulfilment

Programmes & coverage

PHALCON Products

PHALCON is structured as a set of research and development programs—supporting projects from early exploration through validated, real-world application.

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