Digital Therapeutics: a bumpy road to commercialisation

"Timing is just about right: COVID-19 does not only act as a catalyst for telemedicine and triage solutions, but also for Digital Therapeutics (hereafter DTx) solutions as their practicability is immune to current COVID-19 related restrictions. Recent spikes in usage of different DTx solutions across geographies and indications prove this.
In the aftermath of COVID-19, any measures boosting human resilience to such external health shocks will increase in significance. One personal example: poorly managed Type 1 diabetics with consistently elevated blood sugar levels are at higher risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19 (Link). The same applies to adjacent indications such as Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Patients with often preventable conditions such as Type 2 diabetes and with poorly managed chronic diseases such as Type 1 diabetes are more prone to an adverse course of disease. This highlights the essence of chronic disease management, reversal (if possible) or prevention in the first place..." Lire la suite