Jan 27,2020

AppliedVR and University of California San Francisco S.O.L.V.E. Health Tech Collaborate to Evaluate Barriers in Digital Therapeutics

AppliedVR, a leading pioneer of therapeutic virtual reality (VR), and S.O.L.V.E. Health Tech, a health equity accelerator embedded within the University of California San Francisco, today announced a collaborative research project to identify barriers and facilitators to digital therapeutics, including VR treatment from AppliedVR, for vulnerable populations such as Medicaid patients. Underserved and diverse patient populations are unable to access health technology for various reasons, and the joint effort will help ensure no patient is left behind in the digital health revolution.

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May 29,2020

In-depth: Despite some hiccups, COVID-19 is VR's time to shine

The leading digital health narrative emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic has been the rise of telehealth and live video consultations as a reliable modality for delivering care. In many ways, it was a case of preparation meeting opportunity – years of pilot programs, platform refinements, public funding projects and a number of very well established players all ready to adapt and expand when demand was at its highest. But have other, younger health-delivery technologies been enjoying a similar rise in adoption? For virtual reality, the answer appears to be yes – with some caveats.

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Jul 09,2020

First Scientific Study Using Virtual Reality to Treat Chronic Pain at Home Finds AppliedVR Platform Feasible, Scalable and Effective

AppliedVR, a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced results from the first randomized controlled trial (RCT), evaluating virtual-reality-based (VR) therapy for self-management of chronic pain at home. The study, which was published in JMIR-FR, found that a self-administered, skills-based VR treatment program was not only a feasible and scalable way to treat chronic pain, it also was effective at improving on multiple chronic pain outcomes. The study analyzed data from 74 people who suffer from chronic lower-back or fibromyalgia pain over a 21-day period and showed that participants using AppliedVR’s EaseVR program significantly reduced five key pain indicators - each of which met or exceeded the 30-percent threshold for clinically meaningful.

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Aug 05,2020

BehaVR Partners to Advance Virtual Reality for Social Anxiety Disorder

BehaVR, a leading innovator of virtual reality digital wellness and digital therapeutics experiences, today announced that it has begun a new partnership aimed at leveraging virtual reality experiences to address critical unmet needs in social anxiety disorder (SAD), an underreported and undertreated mental health condition. The company has entered into a new joint development and collaboration agreement with Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. to create a general wellness product that uses virtual reality (VR) to assist in the management of SAD. BehaVR will partner with Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, in developing the product for use in the United States.

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Sep 03,2020

BehaVR and Limbix Partner to Advance Behavioral Health in Virtual Reality

Limbix, a developer of digital therapeutics focused on adolescent mental health treatment, and BehaVR, LLC, a leading innovator of virtual reality digital wellness and digital therapeutics experiences for behavioral health, have formed a partnership that will advance how virtual reality is used in behavioral health care around the world. As part of a new agreement, the companies will integrate their VR programs and technology into the BehaVR platform. This combined offering will be made available in the U.S. and internationally through Limbix’s existing international distribution channels.

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Oct 21,2020

AppliedVR Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to Treat Pain with Digital Therapeutic

AppliedVR, a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced its EaseVRx product received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back pain. EaseVRx is now one of the first virtual reality (VR) digital therapeutics to get breakthrough designation to treat conditions related to chronic pain.

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Dec 14,2020

BehaVR Launches CenteredVR to Reduce Chronic Workforce Stress

BehaVR, a leading innovator of virtual reality digital wellness and digital therapeutics experiences for behavioral health, today announced the launch of CenteredVR, a new virtual reality (VR) program aimed at reducing chronic stress. Developed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions, CenteredVR was created to assist employers in helping their employees cope with stress. Stress management can mitigate the negative effects of stress which contribute to chronic conditions like hypertension.

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Dec 18,2019

MassChallenge announces its startup class of 2020

This morning accelerator MassChallenge HealthTech named its class of 2020, which includes 27 startups from all over the world. This year’s list of companies includes everything from a VR-enabled digital therapeutic to care coordination products, such as Limbix, a West Coast digital therapeutics company that uses VR to help treat a variety of mental illnesses.

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Nov 08,2019

How VR, AR could support astronauts' mental health in space

NASA stakeholders discuss the potential for technologies supporting astronauts' mental health and cognitive functioning during a mission. Dr. Adam Gazzaley, cofounder of digital therapeutics startup Akilli Interactive Labs and executive director of the University of California, San Francisco's Neuroscape lab, has been working on combining rhythm and VR into a game that could stimulate brain activity.

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Oct 21,2019

The Innovation Studio at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Unveils 5 Winners for Digital Health Lab Demo Day

The Innovation Studio at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) announced the winners of its first-ever Digital Health Lab Demo Day, which are Manatee, Playing Forward, Pulse X, Mila, CHLA Companion. Winning VR, AR, and gaming innovations will receive $20,000 each in seed grants and be piloted at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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