Issue 011. FDA first Pre-Cert clearance: Likely Pear insomnia DTx. More Livongo.
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Last week's newsletter had a this-is-becoming-a-pattern 74 percent open rate. Here's what's happening this week:
- Your editor's alarm goes off 2:30am each morning to take the young pup out. Last night a pack of coyotes was howling nearby. Happy to report: We're both here to tell the tale.
- Wisconsin's state legislature is considering a bill that would create a statewide "diabetes action plan". Welldoc's Chief Strategy Officer Anand Iyer was in-committee as an expert witness. Full video (Iyer's testimony starts around 2hr 10min).
* Meanwhile, Scotland is setting up a new government body next year that oversees all things digital health, including digital therapeutics.
* Not much to this, but just noticed that Fitbit added