AmerisourceBergen to Launch Digital Therapeutics Platform to Facilitate Access to Innovative Products

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. (27 luglio) – Mentre la pipeline di terapie digitali (DTx) continua ad espandersi, AmerisourceBergen ha annunciato oggi l'intenzione di lanciare DTx Connect, una piattaforma completamente integrata per l'ordinazione, la dispensazione e l'evasione degli ordini che mira a facilitare l'accesso dei pazienti alle terapie e alla diagnostica digitali prescritte dal medico. La piattaforma, che si integra perfettamente con le cartelle cliniche elettroniche (EMR), consente ai medici di accedere e ordinare facilmente DTx prescritti e non soggetti a prescrizione attraverso il flusso di lavoro di prescrizione elettronica e successivamente monitorare l'adempimento del paziente.

Una categoria in rapida crescita nell'ambito della salute digitale, DTx fornisce interventi clinici direttamente ai pazienti tramite software per trattare, gestire o prevenire un ampio spettro di malattie e disturbi, comprese le condizioni di salute comportamentale e il diabete. I prodotti, che occasionalmente richiedono una prescrizione medica, possono essere utilizzati come terapie autonome o in combinazione con altri trattamenti o dispositivi. Le terapie digitali si differenziano dagli altri strumenti di salute digitale, in parte, perché devono essere autorizzate o certificate dagli organismi di regolamentazione per supportare le affermazioni di rischio, efficacia e uso previsto. Si prevede che il mercato crescerà a un tasso di crescita annuo composto di quasi il 25% dal 2022 al 2030 negli Stati Uniti.

Diverse aziende di salute digitale prevedono di pilotare la piattaforma, tra cui Mahana Therapeutics, uno dei principali sviluppatori di terapie digitali su prescrizione progettate per potenziare i pazienti con condizioni di salute croniche, e Videra Health, una piattaforma di valutazione video assistita dall'intelligenza artificiale e monitoraggio remoto dei pazienti.

“While digital therapeutics and diagnostics offer tremendous potential, addressing challenges across the provider workstream and patient journey remain critical to unlocking the value these products have to offer,” said Jason Dinger, SVP of Strategy and Innovation at AmerisourceBergen. “Given our role in the supply chain and our portfolio of commercialization services, we are uniquely positioned to build a solution that aims to address unmet needs and helps patients start and stay on physician-ordered products. DTx Connect, in addition to AmerisourceBergen’s patient support and market access consulting services, enables us to deliver enhanced support across the product lifecycle, helping to advance accessibility.”

DTx Connect, which is EMR- and brand-agnostic, provides a real-time, secure digital connection between developers and physicians via the EMR. The platform is powered through a collaboration with patient engagement technology company Twistle. Key features include:

• E-prescribing through EMR: Physicians can search for digital therapeutics and diagnostic tools via a digital catalog and then order the products within their e-prescribing workflow.
• Efficient dispense and fulfillment: After a physician orders a product, DTx Connect delivers a welcome message on behalf of the care team via text or within the patient portal. Patients also receive an electronic link which enables them to download the prescription or non-prescription product and access educational materials.
• Patient support services: Patient services—delivered via text, a digital companion app, and phone calls with clinical teams—aim to simplify the adoption and onboarding process, keep patients engaged throughout the treatment journey and monitor and manage adherence.
• Patient Status Alerts: DTx Connect provides physicians with patient status alerts, including notifications for patient fulfillment. The increased visibility throughout the patient journey enables physicians to make more informed engagement and care plan decisions in support of the prescribed therapy regimen.

“AmerisourceBergen has spent decades ensuring that patients have timely access to healthcare products. Their experience will bring a unique perspective to our community, particularly as they launch DTx Connect," said Andy Molnar, CEO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA), a global nonprofit trade association of industry leaders and stakeholders engaged in the evidence-driven advancement of digital therapeutics. AmerisourceBergen is a member of DTA. “Getting digital therapeutics into the hands of more people who need them is a primary focus of DTA's global efforts and platforms like DTx Connect will help advance accessibility of high quality, evidence-based DTx products."

The launch of DTx Connect bolsters the support AmerisourceBergen offers to DTx developers throughout the commercialization journey. In addition to the capabilities available through DTx Connect, AmerisourceBergen can deliver services to support DTx developers’ strategic planning and launch activities, including market access consulting, real-world evidence planning and engaging healthcare decision makers via AB’s FormularyDecisions platform. For more information on DTx Connect, please visit: https://www.amerisourcebergen.com/manufacturer-solutions/digital-therapeutics

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