Monthly Archives: January 2010

Some iPhone apps have shown that mobile phones are potentially fantastic tools for one-way or two-way transmission of medical information. But actual digital pills!!?? Sure enough: at last week’s JP Morgan healthcare conference, Novartis announced a $24 million deal with Proteus Biomedical, a Bay Area, VC- and private-equity-backed maker of “smart pills” carrying embedded sensors that transmit their status (“Patient just ingested me”) to a phone and then to medical professionals via a wireless network. Boston Biotech Watch has the story. Continue reading →