opioids

Flare Capital's Alexandra Mullin and Ian Chiang outline COVID-19's impact on the worsening opioid crisis and how the digital opioid use disorder space is likely to develop over the coming years.

The study, backed by the digital therapeutics company, measured the change in clinical encounter frequency among opioid use disorder patients who were also prescribed buprenorphine.

The Silicon Valley EHR vendor received “sponsorship” payments from unnamed pharmaceutical companies so that the latter’s marketing team could influence the design of CDS features, according to the Department of Justice.

Customers will have a text chat-based consultation with a doctor through the platform, who will instruct them about when and how to use the medication. 

The eight devices will receive increased guidance and interaction for their clearance efforts, and some will receive Breakthrough Device designation.

Trump invited 21 companies to the White House signing of the bill, including Amazon, which unveiled a new AWS Opioid Crisis Council.