GoodRx adds drug prices to Google Gemini for healthcare
Care teams can get brand and generic drug prices from Gemini by natural language, in the AI tool that they use.
GoodRx, a platform for prescription savings, is a launch partner for Gemini for healthcare from Google Cloud. Its new connection uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that lets an AI model use external tools. Care teams get real-time brand and generic prices in natural language. GoodRx says this is the first business use of its MCP server.
How it works
Gemini uses GoodRx as an external tool when a user wants a price. The tool checks the drug, dose, quantity and patient ZIP code against local pharmacy networks. It gives retail prices, coupons and digital discount cards. It also shows aid offers of drug makers for self-pay and copay.
The proof
GoodRx gave no test results, no prices, no customer numbers and no start date. Each claim that the tool works is from GoodRx.
What is not known
GoodRx says the connection works in HIPAA rules, the US health privacy law, but gave no audit or other information. Its chief technology officer, Nitin Shingate, says it is a step to more AI platforms. The company gave no name of a different platform.
Insight: Data owners now join Gemini one by one
On 27 October, Oracle made its databases available to Gemini agents through MCP. GoodRx also puts drug prices into Gemini for healthcare through MCP. This reads as a move to be the first tool that Gemini uses, and Google gets a toll gate on where agents find facts. For leaders, your data can be more important than the model that you select.
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