In this episode, Ayesha spoke with Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Click Therapeutics, a company focused on developing software as prescription medical treatments for people with unmet medical needs.

Click Therapeutics is specifically developing Digital Therapeutics, which involve the delivery of prescription treatments to patient’s smartphones. These are being developed for indications in psychiatry, neurology, oncology, immunology and cardiometabolic diseases.

In collaboration with Otsuka, Click Therapeutics most recently developed the first prescription digital therapeutic authorized by the FDA for the adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder symptoms.

Dr. Lakhan, is an inventive entrepreneurial physician-scientist who is board-certified in neurology and pain medicine with over 20 years of industry experience. As Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at Click Therapeutics and a Board Director at SpineThera, he spearheads AI-enabled clinical development and drug-delivery platforms.

Tune in to the episode to hear more the cutting-edge new field of digital therapeutics and how they are shaping the industry.

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