On November 13, 2017, the FDA approved the first digital drug in the world. The pill (which is effective against paranoid schizophrenia) contains a tiny sensor that sends a signal to a patch stuck to the body during digestion. This patch reports the successful medication to a smartphone.
On “Spiegel Online”, a German news website, Sascha Lobo writes about this exciting moment in the history of medical IT. Whether this turns out to be a curse or a blessing depends on how much control the individual has over this information.
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The digital pill