Arlington, VA — May 8, 2018 — The Digital Therapeutics Alliance welcomes nine companies to membership: Bayer, Big Health, Cognoa, Kaia Health, Merck, Omada Health, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., Pear Therapeutics, and Sanofi.
“Digital medicine has the potential to safely and effectively help millions of people suffering from chronic and mental health conditions. We are proud to hold digital therapeutics to the same standards of clinical evidence as traditional medicine,” said Peter Hames, Co-Founder, CEO of Big Health.
DTA launched in October 2017 through a collaboration of four digital therapeutics companies: Akili Interactive, Propeller Health, Voluntis, and WellDoc. “DTA is committed to convening industry leaders sharing a passion for crafting a strong future for the integration of tested, trustworthy digital solutions in healthcare,” said Pierre Leurent, CEO of Voluntis and DTA Board of Directors Chair.
“Digital therapeutics is a shining light in the crowded digital health landscape. Each DTA member has used clinical validation and evidence to provide data-driven treatment options and we look forward to working with the Alliance to advance this evidence-based approach,” says Eugene Borukhovich, Global Head, Digital Health at Bayer.
In its first year, DTA is committed to engaging with patients, providers, payers, and regulators to define and develop meaningful resources to guide and scale this quickly evolving industry.
“Patients, clinicians, and insurers are looking for effective solutions to prevent, manage, and treat chronic disease,” said Sean Duffy, CEO, Omada Health. “Digital therapeutics deliver reliable, meaningful clinical results that empower patients. This is important work.”
“We are pleased to work with the Alliance on the introduction of prescription digital therapeutics,” said Corey McCann, President and CEO of Pear Therapeutics. “DTA has a critical role ensuring digital therapeutics are clinically-validated, built according to Good Manufacturing Practices, rooted in Good Clinical Practices, and evaluated thoroughly by regulatory bodies to verify these products are safe and effective. Patients and providers deserve nothing less than the same standards of any other therapeutic.”
About DTA
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) is a global non-profit trade association with the mission of broadening the understanding, adoption, and integration of clinically-validated digital therapeutics into healthcare through education, advocacy, and research. To learn more please visit: www.dtxalliance.org.
Arlington, VA – May 8, 2018 – The Digital Therapeutics Alliance welcomes ten global thought leaders as 2018 Strategic Advisors. These individuals will engage with DTA leaders and members to establish and progress the Alliance’s goals and initiatives.
DTA launched in October 2017 through a collaboration of four digital therapeutics companies: Akili Interactive, Propeller Health, Voluntis, and WellDoc. Today, DTA also welcomes nine companies to membership: Bayer, Big Health, Cognoa, Kaia Health, Merck, Omada Health, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., Pear Therapeutics, and Sanofi.
“DTA is committed to convening industry leaders that share a passion for crafting a strong future for the integration of tested, trustworthy digital solutions in healthcare,” said Pierre Leurent, CEO of Voluntis and DTA Board of Directors Chair.
In its first year, DTA will engage with patients, providers, payers, and regulators to define and develop meaningful resources to guide and scale this quickly evolving industry. The Alliance recognizes that this group of Strategic Advisors, from aligned industries beyond its membership, brings unique value and perspective to our core initiatives and projects.
About DTA
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) is a global non-profit trade association with the mission of broadening the understanding, adoption, and integration of clinically-validated digital therapeutics into healthcare through education, advocacy, and research. To learn more please visit: www.dtxalliance.org.
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA), a global non-profit trade association that represents the healthcare industry’s leading digital therapeutics manufacturers, announces today the expansion of its membership to a diverse group of organizations dedicated to broadening the understanding, adoption, and integration of digital therapeutics into healthcare through education, advocacy, and research.
The Alliance was founded in 2017 through a collaboration of leading DTx companies – Akili Interactive, Propeller Health, Voluntis, and WellDoc. Until today, membership has been limited to founding members.
New Alliance members will gain access to and engage with leading DTx companies, and will guide the development of the evolving digital therapeutics industry. In 2018, DTA will focus on supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Software Pre-Certification Program and will work to drive clinical, organizational, and financial integration of digital therapeutics into mainstream healthcare.
“DTA members are dedicated to advancing novel digital therapeutics aimed at transforming patient clinical outcomes and adding value to physicians, care teams, and the healthcare system,” said Megan Coder, DTA Executive Director. “Growing our membership allows DTA to receive critical input from a wide array of stakeholders in order to establish a strong foundation for this robust and rapidly growing industry.”
Organizations encouraged to apply for DTA membership include digital therapeutic companies, healthcare provider associations, patient groups, payers, academic institutions, investors, technology and data organizations, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. For more information, visit www.dtxalliance.org/membership.
About DTA
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance represents the healthcare industry’s leading manufacturers of clinically-validated digital therapeutics. DTA members collaborate to enhance patient outcomes through assessing the value and impact of digital therapeutics in clinical practice, constructing industry and regulatory frameworks, and encouraging data-driven integration and utilization of digital therapeutics across the healthcare industry. Learn more at www.dtxalliance.org and follow us on Twitter @dtx_alliance.
About Digital Therapeutics
Digital therapeutics are clinically-validated solutions that may be used as standalone direct treatments or in association with other treatments to improve the overall quality, cohesion, outcomes, and value of healthcare delivery. Digital therapeutics demonstrate safety and efficacy in randomized control trials, receive regulatory clearance when used as a medical device, integrate into clinical practice, and are tailored to patients’ clinical needs, goals, and lifestyles. DTx solutions consist of patient-facing treatments, clinical assessment and outcomes tracking tools, clinician monitoring dashboards, and HIPAA-compliant data storage.
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA), the pre-eminent industry organization for digital therapeutic approaches, is leading an initiative to support the development of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Software Pre-Certification Program. FDA’s program embraces the principle that certain digital technologies provide significant benefits to patients’ lives by helping them manage chronic conditions outside of traditional healthcare settings, as well as supporting providers, healthcare systems, and payers by facilitating disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
The Pre-Certification Program will enable FDA to certify companies that design and manufacture regulated digital health solutions with a demonstrated culture of quality and organizational excellence through a robust certification process suited for the iterative software design, development, validation, and maintenance processes.
As part of DTA’s interaction with the FDA, the industry group will propose a comprehensive overview of how the Pre-Certification Program may be developed, operated, and scaled to achieve its goals. DTA member companies will draw on their collective regulatory and clinical-validation expertise to provide the Agency with an industry-level perspective for establishing the necessary program frameworks, key performance indicators, and benchmark criteria.
“Our Alliance supports FDA’s approach to designing a regulatory framework that accommodates the distinctive nature of digital technology, its clinical value, unique and impactful user interfaces, and our industry’s compressed commercial cycle for introducing new products to market,” said Pierre Leurent, CEO, Voluntis, and DTA Chair. “This collaboration with the FDA is designed to foster and stimulate innovation, while ensuring individuals using digital therapeutics have access to high-quality, safe, and effective options for managing and treating medical conditions.”
Digital therapeutics are clinically-validated solutions that may be used as standalone direct treatments, or in association with other treatments to improve the overall quality, cohesion, outcomes, and value of healthcare delivery. Digital therapeutics demonstrate safety and efficacy in randomized control trials, receive regulatory clearance when used as a medical device, integrate into clinical practice, and are tailored to patients’ clinical needs, goals, and lifestyles.
“We are extremely appreciative of the tremendous interest in participating in the FDA Pre-Certification Pilot Program,” said Bakul Patel, Associate Director for Digital Health in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. “This feedback will be invaluable as we progress through the pilot and onto the next stages of digital health oversight.”
About the Digital Therapeutics Alliance
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) represents the healthcare industry’s leading manufacturers of clinically validated digital therapeutic (DTx) solutions. DTA members – including patients, healthcare providers, payers, academic institutions, technology organizations, and pharmaceutical manufacturers – collaborate to enhance patient outcomes through assessing the value and impact of DTx solutions in clinical practice, constructing industry and regulatory frameworks, and encouraging data-driven integration and utilization of DTx solutions across the healthcare industry. Founding members include Akili Interactive, Propeller Health, Voluntis, and WellDoc. Learn more: www.dtxalliance.org
The 10th annual Biotech Showcase™, the largest international biotech investor conference in the world produced by Demy-Colton and EBD Group, will bring together over 3,500 life science decision makers and investors from 50+ countries to collaborate and discuss industry trends through panels, workshops, and fireside chats. Taking place on January 8-10, 2018 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, attendees will hear from key biotech investors, leaders, pharma executives, and other industry advisors on topics such as the future of biotech and the public markets, the rapidly advancing digital and medical technologies, and the health of cross-border investments and collaboration in China.
“We’re looking forward to participating in Biotech Showcase, which continues to serve as a home base for the life science community to discuss innovative opportunities and investment partnering during the largest week in healthcare in San Francisco,” said Art Pappas, Managing Partner, Pappas Capital.
Understanding the health of the life sciences and biotech industries involves dissecting the past year’s successes. The January 10th lunch plenary, “Reflecting on 2017 record-breaking venture numbers: What’s behind the surge?”, will be moderated by Ellen Corenswet, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, and include perspectives from investors and healthcare companies on 2017 financials:
The January 8th lunch plenary, “The future of biotechnology and life sciences sector: Are we at a tipping point?”, will discuss whether the pace of heavy investments and accelerated drug approval in 2017 will continue. The session will be moderated by Sara Radcliffe, President and CEO, California Life Sciences Association, and include panelists:
“I’m looking forward to discussing the promising projections for next year at Biotech Showcase and uncovering with investors and industry decision makers where the biggest growth and investment opportunities are as we move into 2018,” said Asthika Goonewardene, Senior Biotech Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence, who is leading a January 8th workshop, “The public markets and biotech: What to expect in 2018.” Gabriel Cavazos, Director, Investment Banking, Leerink Partners LLC will also participate in this workshop moderated by Barbara Ryan, Founder, Barbara Ryan Advisors.
The program will include a Digital Medicine & Medtech Showcase, highlighting the companies and partnerships that are making the advancement of digital medicine possible, such as Qualcomm Life and Digital Therapeutics Alliance, among others. “We’re looking forward to diving into conversations with our colleagues on the future of medical technologies and the challenges we are working to overcome as leaders driving change in healthcare through digital medicine,” said Rick Valencia, President, Qualcomm Life.
A January 10th closing panel, “The future of healthcare with the convergence of digital innovations” moderated by Anne Smart, Managing Director, ClearView Healthcare Partners, will elaborate on this topic with panelists from organizations working to drive technological advancements in life sciences:
The list of current speakers can be found on the Biotech Showcase Speaker page here and the Digital Medicine & Medtech Showcase Speaker page here. A concurrent event, China Showcase, will highlight cross-border investment and collaboration opportunities through key sessions, keynotes, and valuable networking opportunities.
For more information or to register for the event, go to BiotechShowcase.com. Credentialed press can apply for free registration online here. Follow Biotech Showcase on Twitter: @EBDGroup and @DemyColton (hashtag: #BTS18).
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Since 2008, Demy-Colton has been at the forefront of building networks between leaders from innovative biotech companies and industry stakeholders to examine and address biotech opportunities and challenges and deliver on the promise of transformational science.
We do this through facilitating networking and biotech community development on an international scale. Our investor conferences and CEO Summits expand communities that transcend geographical boundaries establishing ongoing, high-value relationships that contributes greatly to the evolution of the biopharmaceutical ecosystems we cultivate.
We set a unique stage where biotech leaders, investors, and stakeholders can connect to realize significant opportunities for investment, learning, and growth. Our events spur introductions and thoughtful conversations. In turn, inspiration, ideas, and opportunities for investment flow. Demy-Colton’s expanding portfolio of conferences includes:
About EBD Group
EBD Group’s overriding mission is to help collaborations get started across the life science value chain. Our range of partnering conferences has grown to become the largest and most productive conference platform in the industry. Each one of our seven landmark events held in key life science markets around the world is powered by our state-of-the-art partnering software, partneringONE®, that enables delegates to efficiently identify and engage with new opportunities via one-to-one meetings.
Today our events (BIO-Europe®, BIO-Europe Spring®, BioPharm America™, Biotech Showcase™, ChinaBio® Partnering Forum, Cell & Gene Exchange, and BioEquity Europe) annually attract more than 12,000 senior life science executives who engage in over 48,000 one-to-one partnering meetings. These vital one-to-one engagements are the wellspring of deals that drive innovation in our industry.
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Berlin, November 15, 2017 – The newly announced Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) is heralding its European launch by joining forces with Frontiers Health, the premier European health innovation conference being held this November 16th and 17th in Berlin, Germany. Reinforcing the global nature of its mission, DTA leaders Pierre Leurent, Anand Iyer, and Vincent Hennemand will participate in a dedicated keynote presentation and panel discussion called “Software as a drug: The dawn of Digital Therapies”.
Mr. Leurent, CEO of Voluntis, and Chair of the DTA Board of Directors, explains, “digital therapeutics are at the forefront of a new era in healthcare. As the global industry prepares for what’s next, we are excited to represent digital therapeutics in this rapidly evolving environment, working with regulators, patient advocacy groups, providers, payers, pharma and tech companies.”
Joining the DTA leaders on stage for the panel discussion are Frontiers Health conference chair and Healthware CEO Roberto Ascione, conference steering committee member Marc Sluijs who is principal at digitalhealth.network, a global digital health investment advisory, and healthcare investor Steven Yecies, Venture Partner at OrbiMed.
Roberto Ascione says that he and his team at Healthware are honored to support DTA’s mission by partnering on strategic communications activities, with the Frontiers Health conference appearance being the first European communications touchpoint for the Alliance.
The panel discussion will touch on a number of significant developments being seen, in their aggregate, as the “3rd wave of medicine”. Transformational opportunities for healthcare providers and the pharma industry highlight the efforts currently underway to define new protocols of care and measures of clinical effectiveness. The rise of the digital therapeutics industry is highlighted by the fact that more than 150 companies are already working in the space, and a fast-growing number of their solutions are starting to show significant clinical evidence and results on par with traditional clinical practice.
In addition, investment in digital therapeutics companies on the part of Pharma is on the rise, as are partnerships to distribute digital therapeutics through traditional Pharma sales channels.
Marc Sluijs reaffirms his belief that having ways of clinically validating digital therapeutic outcomes is key to usher in continued growth in the digital health industry. To that end, he sees the formation of the DTA as essential in creating a common set of references and guidelines to measure digital clinical results by. The DTA’s announcement and participation at Frontiers is, according to Mr. Sluijs, proof of the digital health’s industry increasing level of maturity, and eventual coming of age.
About the Digital Therapeutics Alliance
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance represents the healthcare industry’s leading manufacturers of clinically validated digital therapeutic (DTx) solutions. DTA’s mission is to broaden the understanding, adoption, and integration of digital therapeutic solutions into mainstream healthcare through education, advocacy, and research. DTA members and partners – including patients, healthcare providers, payers, academic institutions, technology organizations, and pharmaceutical manufacturers – collaborate to enhance patient outcomes through assessing the value and impact of DTx solutions in clinical practice, constructing industry and regulatory frameworks, and encouraging data-driven integration and utilization of DTx solutions across the healthcare industry. For more information visit: www.dtxalliance.org
About Frontiers Health
Frontiers Health is a spin off event of Frontiers Conferences, which designs and produces international conferences about technology and innovation since 2005. The yearly Frontiers Conference in Milan has become Italy’s leading conference for business, design and technology. The company was co-founded by Matteo Penzo, who also founded “Talent Garden”, the biggest co-working space in Milan, and is a technology practice executive at frog, and by Leandro Agro’ – a designer and entrepreneur with more than 20 years’ experience in the field of design and business innovation. Frontiers Health is chaired by Roberto Ascione, CEO of Healthware, the co-host organization of the yearly Frontiers Health conference.
About Healthware
Healthware is a next-generation healthcare consultancy, combining a unique blend of marketing and creative services with innovation and technology capabilities, able to deliver value to existing and emerging healthcare stakeholders. Established twenty years ago in Italy, Healthware is now an independent global company, consistently ranked among the top healthcare agencies worldwide, with offices in London, Milan, New York, Rome and Salerno. Learn more at www.healthwareinternational.com or contact Healthware at info@healthwareinternational.com.
Berlin-Milan, November 13, 2017 – The age of healthcare convergence has brought two great sectors of industry together: medicine and technology, creating new opportunities and themes in areas like health technology, digital therapies and health insurance innovation.
Frontiers Health conference reflects the collaborative and agile nature of this changing industry, where the seamless integration of medicine and health technology is replacing traditional silos for better health outcomes.
Following on the heels of its successful 2016 run, Frontiers Health 2017 is coming back to Berlin this November 16th and 17th at the spectacular AXICA, a few steps away from the Brandenburg Gate.
This year, over 400 entrepreneurs, investors and industry executives will be actively involved in enlightening keynotes & talks, engaging workshops, top speaker panels and many opportunities for networking. With over 100 startups and leading specialized investors in attendance, Frontiers Health will also feature a Startup & Investor Lounge area where innovative companies and potential partners can meet for one-to-one conversations and potential deal making as well as plenty of business meetings and challenges with promising start-ups to shape the next wave of industry partnerships.
Frontier Health’s Chairman, Roberto Ascione, CEO, Healthware International, says: “Frontiers Health has fast become one of the premiere conferences in the digital health space, combining a unique mix of attendees and presenters from investment funds, life science companies, health innovation hubs, insurance companies and digital health start-ups, providing for a unique platform to discuss how innovations in their respective fields are converging to re-invent and transform healthcare. Any success story born out of the conference will be a success for each and every one of the participants, as they will feel that, they too, actively contributed their part to this amazing journey”.
The 2017 line-up is comprised of true global experts from different areas of the health innovation ecosystem who will share their key insights and personal experiences in highly inspirational and informative talks and hands-on workshops in the pure Frontiers style.
Key topics will be:
Two highly curated session will be dedicated to the future of Health Insurance (moderated by Frederic Llordachs, Co-founder, Partner & Global Business Development Manager, Doctoralia) and Clinical Trials (moderated by Nana Bit-Avragim, Head of Strategic Relations, Medicinisto).
Top speakers line-up include among the others Jeff Dachis, Founder and CEO, One Drop, on how will Pharma adapt to the Digital Health reality, Indra Ioshi, Clinical Lead for NHS England talking How is the NHS going Digital?, Mariarosaria Taddeo, Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, focusing on Digital Ethics to Harness The Value of AI Applications in Healthcare, and Bart van der Sloot, Senior Researcher, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) exploring Privacy and data protection in digital health.
About Frontiers Health
Frontiers Health is a spin off event of Frontiers Conferences, which designs and produces international conferences about technology and innovation since 2005. The yearly Frontiers Conference in Milan has become Italy’s leading conference for business, design and technology. The company was co-founded by Matteo Penzo, who also founded “Talent Garden”, the biggest co-working space in Milan, and is a technology practice executive at frog, and by Leandro Agro’ – a designer and entrepreneur with more than 20 years’ experience in the field of design and business innovation. Frontiers Health is chaired by Roberto Ascione, CEO of Healthware, the co-host organization of the yearly Frontiers Health conference.
Carlsbad, CA (November 2, 2017) – An exclusive report produced by EBD Group and authored by Forbes contributor Nicole Fisher, covering trends in digital medicine policy, financing, privacy, and partnering, was released today. With perspectives from over seventeen thought leaders in the digital health space representing pharma, tech, regulatory agencies, and investors, this report, Digital Medicine 2.0, builds on the first edition, published in August 2016.
Download Digital Medicine 2.0: The future is in policymaking, paying and protecting here.
The report is presented with support from Demy-Colton, Digital Therapeutics Alliance, Evidation Health, Hogan Lovells, Rock Health and StartUp Health. Key themes include:
The impact of the digital medicine industry is reflected in the comments of contributing thought leaders from top companies and organizations in the field, including Aliki Interactive, Digital Therapeutics Alliance, Evidation Health, Hogan Lovells, Medidata, MDIC, Michael J. Fox Foundation, NostaLab, Omada Health, PULSE@MassChallenge, Qualcomm Life, Roche, Rock Health, Sanofi, Stanford University, StartUp Health, U.S. FDA, and Verily.
Asher Rubin, Global Head of the Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry Team at Hogan Lovells says, “There is more certainty now than there was a year ago about where things fall on the spectrum of tools and toys. We have a better sense of how patients use therapies, how providers use therapies, and how the ecosystem is getting connected.”
“A great digital health partnership depends on complementary skills and a shared goal—often, to find ways to improve patient care by understanding what it is really like to live with a disease,” asserts Heather Bell, Senior VP and Global Head of Digital and Analytics at Sanofi.
“Right now we’re in the fact-finding stage with digital health for Parkinson’s: what can we measure and how may that be useful in understanding and treating this disease,” says Deputy
CEO Sohini Chowdhury of the Michael J. Fox Foundation. “Parkinson’s is a very variable disease, which makes real-time monitoring with digital health tools attractive to researchers and patients.”
The convergence of digital technologies and healthcare opens up valuable opportunities for partnerships that will result in innovative solutions that improve patients’ lives. All stakeholders, from researchers, patients, payers and providers, as well as new entrants in this field, will need to adapt and adopt these new technologies to realize the promise of digital medicine.
Download the Digital Medicine 2.0 Whitepaper.
ARLINGTON, VA and BOSTON (October 25, 2017) – The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) and the newly formed Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) today announced a strategic partnership to further establish the field of digital therapeutics. This partnership will combine the infrastructure, reach and resources of PCHAlliance and the expertise, thought leadership, and focus of DTA.
Announced at the 9th annual Connected Health Conference in Boston during the Life Sciences and MedTech Roundtable, PCHAlliance has also launched a new Digital Therapeutics Task Force. The task force will draw on DTA’s subject matter expertise to focus on an initial set of high priority projects for both organizations. The task force will be open to PCHAlliance member companies, as well as allied associations and non-corporate thought leaders by invitation only. Pierre Leurent, CEO of Voluntis, a PCHAlliance member organization, and one of the founding members of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, will serve as the task force chair.
“Digital therapeutics is an emerging trend, based on the idea that technology can improve an individual’s health as much as a drug can, as well as increase the efficacy of drug therapies. Digital therapeutics companies are proving, via rigorous clinical studies – and even regulatory approval – that connected health technologies can provide measurable clinical benefit, at least as good as some medication,” said Patty Mechael, PhD, MHS, Executive Vice President, PCHAlliance. “We are pleased to partner with the Digital Therapeutics Alliance to combine our resources to advance the field, galvanize key stakeholders, focus on developing standards of quality and work towards improving health outcomes through this newly developing sub-domain of personal connected health.”
A recent analyst report predicted that the digital therapeutics market will reach about $9 billion by 2025. The term “digital therapeutics” refers to digital technology or software to treat a medical condition, used alone and in combination with conventional drug therapies. Digital therapeutics include mobile apps, wearable sensors, health monitoring devices or software that can change an individual’s behavior in order to achieve positive clinical outcomes and, thereby better control the cost of care.
“Digital therapeutics companies are developing clinically validated tools that are improving value and lowering costs. These companies are harnessing the power of digital tools to improve disease management,” added Pierre Leurent. “The field is evolving, so there is a need for digital therapeutics companies to come together, to clearly delineate the market, define the benefits and secure regulatory, reimbursement, provider and policy support.”
About the Digital Therapeutics Alliance
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) represents the healthcare industry’s leading manufacturers of clinically validated digital therapeutic (DTx) solutions. DTA’s mission is to broaden the understanding, adoption, and integration of digital therapeutic solutions into mainstream healthcare through education, advocacy, and research. DTA members and partners – including patients, healthcare providers, payers, academic institutions, technology organizations, and pharmaceutical manufacturers – collaborate to enhance patient outcomes through assessing the value and impact of DTx solutions in clinical practice, constructing industry and regulatory frameworks, and encouraging data-driven integration and utilization of DTx solutions across the healthcare industry. For more information visit: www.dtxalliance.org
About the Personal Connected Health Alliance
The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) aims to make health and wellness an effortless part of daily life. The PCHAlliance, a non-profit organization formed by HIMSS, believes that health is personal and extends beyond healthcare. The Alliance mobilizes a coalition of stakeholders to realize the full potential of personal connected health. PCHAlliance members are a vibrant ecosystem of technology and life sciences industry icons and innovative, early stage companies along with governments, academic institutions, and associations from around the world. To support its vision, PCHAlliance convenes the global personal connected health community at the annual Connected Health Conference, the premier international event for the exchange of research, evidence, ideas, innovations and opportunities in personal connected health. The Alliance publishes and promotes adoption of the Continua Design Guidelines. Continua is recognized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as the international standard for safe, secure, and reliable exchange of data to and from personal health devices. PCHAlliance accelerates technical, business, policy and social strategies necessary to advance personal connected health through its Healthy Longevity initiative to promote lifelong health and wellness.
Leading digital therapeutics companies form new alliance to support the adoption of therapeutic solutions across the healthcare ecosystem
Arlington, VA – October 24, 2017 – The Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) launched today to broaden the understanding, adoption, and integration of digital therapeutic solutions into mainstream healthcare through education, advocacy, and research.
Digital therapeutics represent a new generation of healthcare that uses innovative, clinically-validated disease management and direct treatment technologies to enhance, and in some cases replace, current medical practices and treatments.
DTA members and partners – including patients, healthcare providers, payers, academic institutions, technology organizations, and pharmaceutical manufacturers – will collaborate to:
“Digital therapeutics are re-writing our definition of medicine. It’s critical that industry, academia, government, and the medical community work together in the next phase of medical adoption,” said Eddie Martucci, CEO, Akili Interactive. “We’re excited to drive this effort alongside other leaders who share our dedication to rigorous clinical validation and organizational excellence in product development. It is truly a new class of medicine.”
“Digital therapeutics are at the forefront of a new era in healthcare. As the entire industry prepares for what’s next, we are excited to represent digital therapeutics in this rapidly evolving environment, working with regulators, patient advocacy groups, providers, payers, and manufacturers,” said Pierre Leurent, CEO, Voluntis.
DTx products receive regulatory clearance when used as a medical device, integrate into clinical practice, and tailor to patients’ clinical needs, goals, and lifestyles.
“Our Alliance is dedicated to advancing novel platforms and solutions that improve patients’ lives and add value to physicians, care teams, and the healthcare system,” explains Anand K. Iyer, Chief Strategy Officer, WellDoc. “These tools are used in daily life to improve patient and provider visibility into complex treatment processes and simplify pathways to better outcomes.”
“Digital therapeutics will significantly benefit individuals and communities by improving chronic disease care and treatment,” said David Van Sickle, CEO, Propeller Health. “DTA actively encourages and supports companies working to develop, trial, and market digital offerings with meaningful clinical benefits.”
Founding members include Akili Interactive, Propeller Health, Voluntis, and WellDoc.
“We encourage the continued growth of this industry through DTA’s work and initiatives,” said Sean Duffy, CEO, Omada Health, and DTA Strategic Advisor. “This specialized category of products emerged from the broader digital health category, and has quickly differentiated itself via companies’ clinical fidelity, evidence-based approaches, policy engagement, and commitment to outcome-focused reimbursement.”
Learn more at: www.dtxalliance.org.
About the Digital Therapeutics Alliance
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance represents the healthcare industry’s leading manufacturers of clinically validated digital therapeutic (DTx) solutions. DTA’s mission is to broaden the understanding, adoption, and integration of digital therapeutic solutions into mainstream healthcare through education, advocacy, and research. DTA members and partners – including patients, healthcare providers, payers, academic institutions, technology organizations, and pharmaceutical manufacturers – collaborate to enhance patient outcomes through assessing the value and impact of DTx solutions in clinical practice, constructing industry and regulatory frameworks, and encouraging data-driven integration and utilization of DTx solutions across the healthcare industry.
Digital therapeutics are clinically-validated solutions that may be used as standalone interventions or in association with other treatments to engage patients and improve the overall quality, cohesion, outcomes, and value of healthcare delivery. DTx products demonstrate safety and efficacy in randomized clinical trials, receive regulatory clearance when used as a medical device, integrate into clinical practice, and tailor to patients’ clinical needs, goals, and lifestyles. These solutions consist of patient-facing treatments, clinical assessment and outcomes tracking tools, clinician monitoring dashboards, and HIPAA-compliant data storage.
For more information visit: www.dtxalliance.org