Our story
It started with one prescription nobody could check.
AllergenMeds was built by PharmD students at Purdue University after seeing how hard it is to confirm what is really inside a medication.
Simon, Kai, and Alex.
Who we are
The disconnect we kept running into.
We are PharmD students at Purdue University looking to make an impact on public health. We started this project in September 2025 after seeing the disconnect between excipients and the allergies they can cause, through our work in community pharmacies and through Kai’s own Celiac Disease diagnosis.
Care teams often focus on active ingredients, and patients with allergies to inactive ingredients get overlooked. Confirming whether a medication could be a trigger can mean hours on hold with manufacturers, digging through databases for information that may not exist.
We built this to streamline that process, saving time for pharmacies and giving patients confidence that their medication will not make them sick.
A personal mission
“The antibiotics I had received contained a hidden source of gluten that was missed by myself and everyone on my healthcare team. No one had even mentioned that this was a common issue. That experience led me down a rabbit hole. It was then I decided I was going to work to help the millions of people affected by this problem.”
KaiCo-founderThe founders
Meet the team
Simon
Co-founder · Pharmacy
PharmD student at Purdue University and certified immunizer, with firsthand experience in community pharmacy and a clinical focus on excipient safety.
Kai
Co-founder · Pharmacy
PharmD student at Purdue University and certified immunizer. His Celiac diagnosis is the personal motivation behind AllergenMaps.
Alex
Co-founder · Lead Developer
Full-stack developer responsible for building and maintaining the AllergenMaps platform, data pipeline, and allergen mapping engine.
Why it matters
100M+
Americans live with allergies, intolerances, or dietary restrictions.
93%
of oral medications contain at least one filler that could be an allergen.
0
food-style allergen warnings required on prescription labels.
580K+ medications, mapped.
So nobody has to guess.
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