Day: August 16, 2018

This week FDA approved the first mobile contraceptive app created by a Swedish startup. The app basically uses a calendar connected to temperature reading submitted by the users to calculate their menstrual cycle and predict more fertile days than others. There are several reasons why this approval may be both a gimmick and a significant … Read more

A report released last month by the Clinical Trial Transformation Initiative (CTTI), a joint venture of FDA and the Duke University, contends that all clinical trials should use mobile technologies to increase patient participation and retention, while reducing cost, increasing efficiency, and capturing real-time and real-world clinical data. The report acknowledges that the sponsors will … Read more