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By  Adam Ang 03:18 am April 30, 2024
The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has recently approved two digital devices that assist in respiratory rehabilitation and treatment of vision impairment due to cognitive illnesses. EasyBreath by Share & Service is a mobile application that provides an eight-week respiratory rehabilitation programme for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and lung...
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By  Adam Ang 10:25 am January 22, 2024
A government-funded initiative to seamlessly connect hospitals, government, insurers, and medical device manufacturers in the whole care process based on digital therapeutics and big data has commenced at Yonsei University Health System.  Yonsei's Severance Hospital recently started prescribing the insomnia DTx Somzz through the integrated platform called Connect-DTx. HOW IT WORKS Connect-DTx can...
WELT-I, a CBT-based digital therapeutics app by Welt
By  Adam Ang 03:30 am April 20, 2023
Another digital therapeutics app for treating insomnia has been approved by the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. The mobile app called WELT-I by Welt Co. is the second insomnia DTx to be approved in the country. WHAT IT DOES WELT-I uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which is the first-line treatment for insomnia, to address the underlying causes of chronic insomnia. It is a...
Mindset Health's line of hypnosis-based DTx apps
By  Adam Ang 02:43 am March 22, 2023
Australian startup Mindset Health has scooped up $12 million in a Series A funding round led by King River Capital. The round was also joined by Tenmile, Yard Ventures, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg, Linktree founders Anthony Zaccaria and Nick Humphreys, and Banana Capital, among others. Launched in 2018, the company develops a range of hypnosis-based DTx apps which address health conditions...
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By  Adam Ang 11:11 pm February 16, 2023
South Korea clears first local insomnia DTx  The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has given its first market approval for a digital therapeutic device for treating insomnia, according to a news report. The mobile-based medical device-as-a-software called Somzz by Aimmed delivers a CBT programme that helps increase sleep duration. India OKs health monitoring smartwatch CardiacSense...
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By  Adam Ang 11:07 pm January 25, 2023
Two Japanese companies, health tech firm Four H and Aculys Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating mental health disorders, are collaborating to further understand and help people with sleeping disorders. Their goal is to have an objective understanding of sleeping disorders, particularly narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)....
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By  Adam Ang 10:36 pm January 5, 2023
LifeSemantics teases pulmonary rehabilitation DTx  South Korean digital health company LifeSemantics is launching its digital therapeutics product that helps with the pulmonary rehabilitation of people with COPD. The Redpill Breath DTx helps users self-rehabilitate their respiratory functions at home. It monitors their oxygen saturation and walking performance in real time, sends text alerts in...
A child playing the new Cogo game while wearing the SenzeBand 2, an EEG headband by Neeuro
By  Adam Ang 03:01 am December 6, 2022
Singaporean tech startup Neeuro and the Institute of Mental Health have unveiled their home-based attention training programme.  WHAT IT'S ABOUT The digital therapeutic programme called Cogo seeks to solve inattentiveness in children aged 6-12 years through a 24-session guided game that is paired with the SenzeBand 2 EEG headband by Neeuro. It was developed based on Neeuro's Brain-Computer...
Finito digital hypnotherapy app by Mindset Health
By  Adam Ang 02:43 am August 29, 2022
Australia-based digital therapeutics startup Mindset Health has unveiled its latest digital therapeutics offering to help people quit smoking within a month. Founded in 2018, Mindset Health is building a range of hypnosis-based DTx apps. Its first product, Nerva, is a digital hypnotherapy solution for treating irritable bowel syndrome. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Its latest offering is a DTx app that uses...
 Lifepack digital pharmacy website
By  Adam Ang 12:49 am August 19, 2022
Indonesian digital pharmacy Lifepack scores $7M in Series A funding Lifepack, a digital pharmacy in Indonesia, has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Golden Gate Ventures.  Launched in 2020, the mobile health platform offers quality and cheap medicines, including over-the-counter drugs, general supplements, and medication for chronic illnesses. Available on Android and iOS...