Patient monitoring can be challenging, often relying on patients to self-report symptoms or describe how they’re feeling. But technology is changing that, making it easier for researchers to monitor patient adherence to a trial’s regimen and for doctors to personalize a patient’s treatment. At the FierceBiotech Drug Development Forum in Boston today, a panel took up the […]
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Boehringer Ingelheim, Qualcomm team on connected inhaler
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals and Qualcomm (NSDQ:QCOM) subsidiary Qualcomm Life yesterday said they’re partnering to create an inhaler that can track user information, hoping to improve outcomes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Boehringer tapped Qualcomm to create a low-power, disposable module for Boehringer’s Respimat inhaler, using Qualcomm’s 2net Design platform to build a wireless communication component into the inhaler. The […]
