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Applied VR, NCI ink deal to explore immersive technologies, anxiety; Welltok, Alignment Healthcare partner and other digital health deals

By Dave Muoio 03:59 pm November 8, 2019

Virtual reality treatment startup AppliedVR announced a collaboration with the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute that aims to explore whether or not the immersive technology can reduce anxiety among patients with terminal cancer. The phase 1 study will enroll patients from the institute’s designated cancer centers, and could yield a follow-up phase 2 investigation...

Chrono Therapeutics receives $2.3M grant from NCI for smoking cessation wearable

By Aditi Pai 11:16 am August 26, 2015

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Chrono Therapeutics a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of up to $2.3 million for product development of the digital portion of the company's smoking cessation therapy offering. The new grant will fund Chrono's final clinical trial for its product. This is the second grant Chrono has received from the NCI. The first, $2.23 million...

Mobile medication therapy management system wins $1M NIH grant

By Neil Versel 02:30 am September 20, 2012

Leap of Faith Technologies, which offers a smartphone- and tablet-based mobile medication management system, has received a federal grant of more than $1 million to accelerate the commercialization of its technology. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant, recently awarded the Crystal Lake, Illinois-based company a $1,021,296 grant for its...