Crowdfunding pharmacy- and medication-related products: How successful is it?

Objective: To determine whether crowdfunding of pharmacy-related products through popular online platforms is a viable means to attain funding and what factors influence success.

Methods: Kickstarter and Indiegogo were searched for projects related to pharmacy using select key words. Projects were included for analysis if they were a device or system relevant to pharmacy care and excluded if found to be nonrelevant to medication management purposes or were of an artistic nature.