jueves, 10 de enero de 2019

With search for Alzheimer's drugs failing, tech firms try to offer solutions

With search for Alzheimer's drugs failing, tech firms try to offer solutions

The Readout

Damian Garde

Instead of elusive Alzheimer's drugs, perhaps a robotic cat? 



Hundreds of miles from the big biopharma confab in San Francisco this week, digital health companies were having their own shindig at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, and talking a bit of smack about their drug-making cousins.

"Who will rescue Alzheimer's if Pharma can't?" was the provocative name of one panel yesterday, and the presenters delivered a pointed message: Families can't wait any longer for a miracle molecule to treat the disease, so the tech industry is working on solutions to help patients and caregivers. STAT's Casey Ross was there and reports that one company is developing a therapy that uses music and images to help patients recover memories, while another is building robotic cats and dogs to treat depression and social isolation. 
 

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