Chatbots are finding their way into more and more industries, including the pharmaceutical and medical sectors. They can make everyday life easier for patientsThey can make everyday life easier for patients, doctors and company employees:
For example, patients can be supported before and after treatment. Doctors can quickly find out about drug interactions or other properties of medications at any time of day, and sales staff can prepare for customer meetings with the help of a bot.
In this blog post, we'll introduce you to 10 chatbots from the pharmaceutical and medical industries:
1. a chatbot for diabetes patients
The chatbot Sophia from Novo Nordisk is available to diabetes patients via the diabetes portal Cornerstones4Care. is available to diabetes patients. She answers patients' questions about nutrition, educates them about the disease, and provides support for a healthy lifestyle.
Within six months, Sophia had 11,000 conversations and answered 27,000 questions. The Danish pharmaceutical company decided to use a chatbot after noticing increased traffic on the website between 11pm and 1am. With the chatbot, website visitors can now be advised outside of business hours.
2. with a chatbot against sleep disorders
The Chatbot Nina from Sanofi was introduced for the same reason: The company noticed that a particularly large number of people visited the Team de Nuit's website at three in the morning. Nina was developed for people with mild sleep disorders. The bot is available 24/7 and recommends its users, for example, the sleep mode on the iPhone, which can be used to adjust the brightness of the display.
To increase consumer acceptance, the company involved its customers in the development of the chatbot and had them vote on Facebook, for example, on whether the chatbot's avatar should be called Tom or Nina:
3. a virtual assistant as a personal companion for diabetes patients
The virtual assistant Sugarpod from Wellpepper is aimed at diabetes patients. Among other things, the bot tracks the user's meals and blood glucose concentration. It can also be controlled solely by the user's voice. In addition, it is able to scan the patient's feet. This additional function is particularly valuable for diabetes patients, since Diabetes can lead to damage to blood vessels and nerves, and the feet are particularly frequently affected.
4. up-to-date information on Corona through a chatbot
The Corona Chatbot by BOTfriends provides information on Corona: users can find out about the symptoms of the disease, exit restrictions or testing options.
5 A chatbot as a health coach for patients
The chatbot Healthily from Your.md helps users to inform themselves about various medical conditions and to keep an eye on their health, mental health and fitness.
6. a chatbot as a personal helper for anxiety and depression and depression
Woebot was developed to help people with anxiety and depression. He contacts users on daily basis and helps them with exercises to cope better with their everyday life.
7. a chatbot as a training tool for sales employees
Kebot was developed to train and support sales staff after customer meetings. Using a questionnaire, employees can write notes after a sales call and rate themselves and their performance. Through the use of Conversational AI, the questionnaire can be completed via chat as well as via voice instructions. This makes everyday life easier for sales employees, as they can fill out the questionnaire on the way to the next customer.
All data entered is stored in real time in Roche Pharma's CRM system and forms the basis for training materials and further sales talks. The employees are given personal access. This allows the training of employees to be personalized and to prepare them as individually as possible for upcoming sales calls.
8. a chatbot as a consultant for physicians
The Safedrugbot chatbot is available to doctors via the messaging service Telegram. It supports them by providing the necessary information for prescribing medication to expecting and nursing mothers.
9. A chatbot as an advisor for patients
The chatbot Ada carries out an initial preliminary diagnosis with the user by asking detailed questions about symptoms and then assigning them to possible clinical pictures.
Afterwards, he gives recommendations for further action and offers the user the possibility to record the course of the disease or an improvement or worsening of the symptoms.
As you can see, the potential uses for chatbots in the pharmaceutical and medical industries are many and varied. You can find even more use cases in our white paper:
