Improved Design and Performance of a Drug Prescription Platform in the US
The client
Getting hold of medication is a basic need, and working out which pharmacy offers the best price usually takes more time than anyone has. The client’s platform lets people search for prescription drugs online in one place.
Insured or not, users save money thanks to a large database of pharmacies across the US: pick the best option online, then collect the order at the pharmacy. Discounts run up to 95%, and the mission is cheaper medication for millions of Americans.
The challengeWhat the teams actually needed
The platform had launched several years earlier and needed modernising rather than extending.
Challenge 01New features on old foundations
Fresh functionality had to be developed in Python on a codebase that had been running for years.
Challenge 02A mobile version pulling apart
The code behind the mobile product needed consolidating and refactoring.
Challenge 03Design that had diverged
The platform’s designs had to be unified and the website made properly responsive.
What we did
A modernisation across code, design and device
Netguru supplemented the client’s team with senior developers, since the project needed both engineering skill and an understanding of what the product is for.
Built in Python
New functionality was developed in Python alongside what already existed.
Mobile code consolidated
The mobile version’s code was consolidated and refactored rather than patched further.
One visual language
The platform’s designs were unified so the product stops looking like several products.
Working on any screen
The website was made more responsive, which matters for people checking a drug price on a phone in a pharmacy.
Tech stackThe tools that made it possible
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Python
The language behind the new platform features.
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