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Review
. 2019 Mar;27(1):6-11.
doi: 10.12793/tcp.2019.27.1.6. Epub 2019 Mar 27.

Digital therapeutics and clinical pharmacology

Jae-Yong Chung  1
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Review

Digital therapeutics and clinical pharmacology

Jae-Yong Chung. Transl Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

Digital therapeutics (DTx) is a new subsection of digital health that is primarily driven by software and will be of great interest to clinical pharmacologists. In this article, an overview of DTx, including definition, position in the landscape of therapeutics, product categories, benefits, and challenges, is provided. Discussions from the point of view of clinical pharmacology are presented, as DTx should have exposure-response relationships. The principles of clinical pharmacology can be applied to DTx as they are comparable to pharmacotherapy. Clinical pharmacology has great potential in the development, application, and regulation of DTx.

Keywords: Clinical pharmacology; Digital therapeutics; Healthcare.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: - Authors: The author has no conflict of interest to declare. - Reviewers: Nothing to declare - Editors: Nothing to declare

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Landscape of Digital Health (Adopted from the Digital Therapeutics Alliance white paper).[4]
Figure 2
Figure 2. Conceptual position of Digital Therapeutics (DTx) in relation to the existing therapeutic options.
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