Consumer Drug Shortage Finder (B2C)
One-Liner
A consumer app to find which nearby pharmacies have a specific medication in stock during drug shortages.
Kill Reason
Pharmacies have zero incentive to share real-time stock data (benefits competitors). Crowdsourced pivot fails from frequency trap (individual patient searches rarely) and medication privacy concerns. Two-sided marketplace where one side won't participate.
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