
Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Digital Pill Transmits Data via Phone App
Over 50 years ago, the movie Fantastic Voyage thrilled audiences with the idea that people could be miniaturized and injected into a scientist to find and break up a clot that is threatening the scientist’s life. We still can’t send people in a tiny submarine through someone’s bloodstream, but a guest column in Pharmaceutical Online describes the FDA approval of a digital pill that enables a physician to monitor a patient’s compliance with medication regimens and the response to the medication. An ingestible sensor that is integrated with the pill captures information as the patient takes the medication. The sensor …
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