Better Therapeutics (Nasdaq:BTTX) announced today that it appointed Frank Karbe as its new president and CEO. San Francisco-based Better Therapeutics develops prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) based on nutritional cognitive behavioral therapy (nCBT) to address the root causes of cardiometabolic diseases. Karbe will join the company as president and CEO and will serve as a member […]
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FDA approves IND for Ananda Scientific’s PTSD treatment with liquid structure delivery tech
Ananda Scientific announced that it received an FDA investigational new drug (IND) approval for a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment. The company will collaborate with the University of Nebraska Medical Center to conduct a clinical trial, led by Dr. Mathew Rizzo, Reynolds Professor and Chair of the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences and Chief Physician […]
Digital therapeutics open up new opportunities in medicine
A wide range of companies are aiming to make waves through digital therapeutic offerings, and each is doing things differently. “We are seeing tremendous momentum for the DTx industry, with more and more products coming to market and gaining commercial coverage and recent signals from the White House and Congress demonstrating their interest and recognition […]
How DeepWell is developing video games as tools for treating medical conditions
Imagine playing a video game where you are a wizard fighting for good in a magical realm. You must master control of your mind and body to increase your powers and abilities, creating a forcefield shielding you from enemies and strengthening your counterattack. In these moments of high anxiety, more control makes you more powerful, […]
Impel NeuroPharma rebrands to Impel Pharmaceuticals as part of corporate transformation
Impel NeuroPharma (Nasdaq:IMPL) announced today that it changed its name to Impel Pharmaceuticals as part of a corporate rebrand. Seattle-based Impel develops proprietary Precision Olfactory Delivery (POD) technology to treat patients suffering from diseases across a range of areas in addition to the central nervous system. The company’s Trudhesa nasal spray for treating migraine in […]
FDA grants STeP designation for Pear Therapeutics’ neurobehavioral digital therapeutic
Pear Therapeutics (Nasdaq:PEAR) announced today that it received STeP designation from the FDA for its Pear-010 product candidate. Boston-based Pear Therapeutics designed its Pear-010 prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) candidate to provide a neurobehavioral intervention (virtual reality-delivered pain reduction) to patients 18 and older with acute postoperative and acute postprocedural pain. Get the full story at our […]
Pear Therapeutics joins Epic App Orchard to enable monitoring of its digital therapeutics
Pear Therapeutics (Nasdaq:PEAR) announced today that its PearConnect platform is now available in the Epic App Orchard Gallery. By making PearConnect available to healthcare providers through the Epic App Orchard Gallery, the providers who implement the application will be able to access PearConnect within Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) platform, allowing them to monitor patients […]
Pear Therapeutics to develop digital therapeutic for sleep/wake disorder in Japan
Pear Therapeutics (Nasdaq:PEAR) announced today that it entered an agreement to develop a Japanese-language digital therapeutic. Boston-based Pear struck a deal with SoftBank, a Japan-based communication and information technology service provider, to develop the digital therapeutic for the treatment of sleep/wake disorders on the Japanese market. Pear Therapeutics markets the Somryst prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) […]
Pear Therapeutics says new data backs its prescription digital therapeutic for insomnia
Pear Therapeutics (Nasdaq:PEAR) today announced data from two studies that highlight the effectiveness of its chronic insomnia treatment. Boston-based Pear Therapeutics designed its Somryst prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) to address the underlying issues of chronic insomnia by delivering cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi), training the body to sleep. The nine-week PDT can be used […]
European regulators approve Janssen’s twice-yearly schizophrenia treatment
Two months after receiving a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), Janssen has won approval from the European Commission for Byannli, a six-month formulation of paliperidone palmitate. Indicated as a maintenance treatment for adults with schizophrenia, Byannli won approval based on results from the Route 6 study, which found […]