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The news comes months after reports that the company had furloughed staff and couldn't secure additional funding for its-ingestible sensor business.
The industry is better off viewing the the floundering deals between Onduo and Sanofi, Proteus and Otsuka, and Pear and Sandoz as a learning opportunity.
The sensor-embedded pill will be used to treat and monitor colorectal cancer patients receiving care at Fairview Health Services.
As the Abilify MyCite platform nears a full rollout, the companies said they are looking forward to employing the technology toward additional mental health therapies.
The ingesitble sensors will let providers look at adherence habits, activity levels and resting heart rate within a younger patient population.
The two companies are planning a limited initial deployment to gather additional real-world data before a wider release.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio has partnered with Propeller Health to provide sensor-equipped inhaler attachments to plan members with COPD.
Proteus Digital Health’ pitch to track adherence using sensor-equipped pills has found another audience in the HIV prevention community.
It’s still the early days, but the FDA’s approval of Proteus Digital Health and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals’ Abilify MyCite has changed the discussion of digital technology in healthcare.