What You Should Know: - FDA awards AppliedVR Breakthrough Device designation for
treating treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back
pain - AppliedVR’s EaseVRx program helps patients learn self-management skills grounded in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and other behavioral methods. AppliedVR,
a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced
its EaseVRx product received Breakthrough Device designation
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Consumers Cite Trump as Leading Driver of COVID-19 Vaccine Skepticism
What You Should Know: - 65% of patients say they will wait to receive the
forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine even if it becomes available before the end,
according to a new Medisafe survey. - Consumers cited greater trust in Dr. Anthony Fauci and established protocols as a leading factor in determining whether to take the vaccine, and listed President Trump as the leading detractor in driving COVID-19 vaccine skepticism and hesitancy in its effectiveness. Real-world results show users
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PreferredOne Becomes First Health Plan to Cover Prescription Digital Therapeutics
What You Should Know: - PreferredOne teams with Pear to provide its members
with covered access to two prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) for the
treatment of substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) - PDTs are a new therapeutic class that uses software to
directly treat disease. Like traditional medicines, PDTs are tested in
randomized controlled trials demonstrating safety and effectiveness, evaluated
and authorized by regulators like FDA, and used under the
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Medisafe Launches New Platform for Medication Management to Improve Patient Journey
What You Should Know: - Medisafe launches a new Medisafe Maestro platform that brings precision and speed to patient journeys. - The new platform aims to revolutionize digital health platforms by combining a host of resources to help patients through any hurdle in their journey and updates and monitoring happen in real-time to meet patients in their moments. Medisafe, a Boston,
MA-based digital therapeutics companion platform, announced the immediate
deployment of its new Medisafe
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How the Simple Telehealth Visit Will Revolutionize Care Delivery and Disease Management
The impact of COVID-19 on the healthcare industry’s ability to innovate has been stunning. We have seen FDA emergency authorizations and relaxed regulatory guidelines enable the development of radical new ventilator ideas, accelerated timelines for vaccine development, and an extraordinary transition to telehealth services. Many of these actions were a response to the exposure of weak spots in our healthcare system, but even as those weaknesses have been shored up (in large part due to public
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Biofourmis Lands $100M to Expand AI-Powered Digital Therapeutics Platform
What You Should Know: - Boston-based digital therapeutics leader Biofourmis
just closed a $100 million Series C funding round led by SoftBank,
bringing its total funding to $145M. - Biofourmis will be using the funding to develop, validate and commercialize several released and unreleased digital therapeutics solutions across cardiology, oncology, respiratory, and pain, with a focus on the United States and key Asian markets, including Asia Pacific, China, and
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Digital Therapeutics Company DarioHealth Raises $28M to Expand Market Share
What You Should Know: DarioHealth raises $28M in institutional financing
intended to finance growth of their digital therapeutics B2B market share with
employers, health insurance plans, and healthcare providers. The company sold 2,969,266 shares of common stock and, to
certain investors in lieu thereof, pre-funded warrants to purchase 824,689
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. DarioHealth Corp.
(Nasdaq: DRIO), a pioneer in the global digital therapeutics
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DarioHealth, Williams Medical Partner to Expand Digital Therapeutics Platform Across the UK and Ireland
What You Should Know: - Dario Health enters strategic partnership with Williams
Medical marking its expansion into the UK remote patient monitoring market across
the UK and Ireland. - Williams Medical is the leading provider of medical
goods and services to primary care in the UK, and this agreement supports both
companies' commitment to drive growth and deliver innovative solutions to
frontline healthcare. DarioHealth Corp., a
pioneer in the global digital therapeutics market,
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10 Healthcare Innovations That Can Reduce Total Disease Burden 6-10% by 2040
What You Should Know: - 40 percent of
the global disease burden could be addressed with known interventions, but that
leaves 60 percent unaddressed. - As part of the recent McKinsey report Prioritizing
health: A prescription for prosperity, the McKinsey Global Institute identified
ten promising innovations that can reduce total disease burden 6-10% by 2040. - By identifying and estimating the potential scope of
innovations in the pipeline, we find that these technologies could
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Scripps Research, Repurpose.AI Partner to Develop COVID-19 Therapeutics
What You Should Know: - Repurpose.AI, has partnered with Scripps Research to
discover drug candidates that may be repurposed to treat COVID-19. - The partnership will leverage Repurpose.AI's ActivPred
AI Drug Discovery Platform, an unbiased drug, target, and disease agnostic
digital chemistry engine, to discover drug candidates to treat COVID-19. Scripps Research is
teaming up with Repurpose.AI, an AI
drug discovery company to develop COVID-19 therapeutics. The
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