First Prescription App for Substance Abuse Approved by FDA

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/first-prescription-app-for-substance-abuse-approved-by-fda

by fern12 • 9 years ago

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asimpletune• 9 years ago

I wonder how much the app will cost

sulizilxia• 9 years ago

The prescription-only aspect of this is really depressing to me. This is not the road we should be going down.

vivekd• 9 years ago

Jonathan Bricker makes an excellent point - since the app has no risks of side effects why bother making it prescription only?

trhway• 9 years ago

i guess making it prescription only would make insurance pay for it, thus the app maker can charge something like say several hundred dollars instead of $2.99 if it was an openly available app.

axonic• 9 years ago

So... Next, when I write a similar app now it will be classified as some kind of "medical" app and be barred from distribution without a prescription and the years of paying off the FDA for approval? To protect profits of Big Pharma Apps huh? Is this where we're headed?

First Prescription App for Substance Abuse Approved by FDA

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