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Akili Interactive Labs raises $160M in equity and debt to transform cognitive healthcare via prescription videogame treatments

May 26, 2021 by SharpBrains

Akili rais­es $110m to build its dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics pipeline (phar­mafo­rum):

Endeav­or­Rx became the first and so far only approved pre­scrip­tion video game treat­ment in the US when it was cleared by the FDA last year to treat atten­tion-deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD), and has also been giv­en a green light in Europe. [Read more…] about Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs rais­es $160M in equi­ty and debt to trans­form cog­ni­tive health­care via pre­scrip­tion videogame treatments

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adhd, Akili, Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cognitive healthcare, cognitive--disorders, digital therapeutics, EndeavorRx, FDA, Neuberger Berman, prescription digital therapeutics, videogame

Latest brain research, tools and teasers to think outside the mental health status quo box

February 26, 2020 by SharpBrains

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Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a range of  research find­ings, resources, brain teasers and rid­dles to help trans­late emerg­ing neu­ro­science into real-world appli­ca­tions and improve our col­lec­tive brain & men­tal health.

New thinking:

  • Neu­ro­science tips about grat­i­tude, aging, pain and the brain: An inter­view with Dr. Daniel Levitin
  • What’s nor­mal? When it comes to the brain, it’s hard to say, and that’s why we need to study glob­al neurodiversity
  • Will self-dri­ving vehi­cles lead to a surge of brain training?
  • How to remem­ber what you read: Eight tips to improve read­ing speed and cog­ni­tive ability

New research:

  • To boost your men­tal well-being, sim­ply recall, right now, an act of kindness
  • Machine-learn­ing study finds EEG brain sig­na­tures that pre­dict response to anti­de­pres­sant treatments
  • Study finds com­bined phar­ma + non-phar­ma treat­ment most ben­e­fi­cial to help youth with ADHD address long-term aca­d­e­m­ic difficulties
  • Ambi­tious Inter­na­tion­al Brain Ini­tia­tive (IBI) launched to advance glob­al neu­ro­science research

New tools:

  • Large study finds pos­i­tive yet mixed results from Akili’s dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic for kids with ADHD
  • U.S. Army devel­ops nov­el way to ana­lyze brain imag­ing data and shape emerg­ing non-inva­sive neurotechnology
  • Med­i­ta­tion app Head­space rais­es $93 mil­lion to accel­er­ate clin­i­cal val­i­da­tion and geo­graph­ic expansion
  • Dig­i­tal men­tal health tak­ing off in Europe

Fun brain teasers:

  • Train your brain to think out­side the box with these fun riddles
  • Three illu­sions to test your per­cep­tu­al and cog­ni­tive skills
  • Math brain teas­er: Will you fin­ish your the­sis on time?

 

Have a great month of March,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adhd, aging, Akili, brain, brain health, brain signatures, Brain Teasers, brain training, brain-research, cognitive-ability, digital therapeutic, europe, Headspace, mental health, mental health status quo, mental well being, neurodiversity, neuroscience, Neurotechnology, non-invasive, non-invasive neurotechnology, riddles, status quo

Large study finds positive yet mixed results from Akili’s digital therapeutic for kids with ADHD

February 25, 2020 by SharpBrains

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Full pub­li­ca­tion of piv­otal tri­al data out­lines Akil­i’s case for FDA reg­u­la­tion (Mobi­Health­News):

“A full tran­script of STARS-ADHD — the piv­otal tri­al of Akili Interactive’s video game-like pedi­atric atten­tion deficit treat­ment — has been pub­lished in The Lancet Dig­i­tal Health jour­nal, pro­vid­ing onlook­ers a clear view of data fuel­ing the dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic company’s pend­ing FDA sub­mis­sion [Read more…] about Large study finds pos­i­tive yet mixed results from Akili’s dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic for kids with ADHD

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adhd, ADHD-medication, Akili, Akili Interactive, Akili Interactive Labs, AKL-T01, behavioral, cognitive, digital health, digital therapeutics, pediatric ADHD, Project EVO, TOVA API, treatment, video-games

Lifestyle and neurotechnology over genetics

May 31, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Dear col­league,

It’s remark­able how quick­ly things are chang­ing, final­ly, in brain health and men­tal health — see for exam­ple what’s new with Inter­ax­on, Akili, Neu­raMetrix, Apple, Calm, Halo Neu­ro­science, Mind­strong Health, Novar­tis, Pear Ther­a­peu­tics, and life­long neu­ro­ge­n­e­sis, all in the last 6 months!

Please enjoy the May edi­tion of Sharp­Brains eNewslet­ter below, and con­sid­er join­ing the Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit this Decem­ber to dis­cuss the lat­est and help shape the next 🙂

New research:

  • Cog­ni­tive train­ing, diet, exer­cise, and vas­cu­lar man­age­ment seen to improve cog­ni­tion even in peo­ple with genet­ic pre­dis­po­si­tion for demen­tia (APOE e4)
  • Brain imag­ing show that patients with Alzheimer’s dis­ease can still remem­ber and enjoy their favorite songs
  • Phys­i­cal exer­cise doesn’t slow down demen­tia once it appears, study shows

New tools:

  • Ini­tial study finds promise and lim­i­ta­tions in using vir­tu­al real­i­ty (VR) to treat ADHD
  • tDCS com­ing to an Equinox gym near you: Good, Bad or Depends?
  • Could tech­nol­o­gy help cure depres­sion among old­er adults? (Short answer: Yes)

New thinking:

  • Six tips for social-emo­tion­al learn­ing (SEL) to trans­fer into real-world skills
  • Large study to assess impact on ear­ly brain devel­op­ment of finan­cial assis­tance to low-income mothers
  • New book high­lights con­tin­ued brain devel­op­ment through­out ado­les­cence, even into our 20s
  • Pre­sen­ta­tion on Neu­ro­science, Edu­ca­tion and Life­long Learn­ing (in Spanish)

 

Have a great month of June,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Akili, Apple, Brain-health, Brain-Imaging, Calm, Cognitive-Training, dementia, diet, exercise, Genetics, Halo Neuroscience, Interaxon, lifestyle, Mindstrong Health, NeuraMetrix, neuro, Neurogenesis, neurotech, Neurotechnology, Novartis, Pear Therapeutics, tDCS, vascular management, virtual-reality

Reinventing Brain Medicine, Pharma adopts Digital Therapeutics: Evidence-based videogames, smartphone apps, and sensors

March 19, 2018 by SharpBrains

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From app store to drug store, dig­i­tal health is redefin­ing pharma’s pipeline (STAT):

“The pitch­es always sound­ed promis­ing: A new soft­ware app could track glu­cose lev­els for peo­ple with dia­betes or soothe the brains of insom­ni­acs. Most phar­ma exec­u­tives would polite­ly smile and nod, but then park their mon­ey some­where else.

Not any­more. [Read more…] about Rein­vent­ing Brain Med­i­cine, Phar­ma adopts Dig­i­tal Ther­a­peu­tics: Evi­dence-based videogames, smart­phone apps, and sensors

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Akili, behavior, brain, brain-enhancement, brain-function, depression, digital brain health, digital health, digital startups, digital therapeutics, evidence-based, insomniac, Mindstrong Health, Pear Therapeutics, pharma, sensors, smartphone apps, software app, therapies, videogames

Update: Why monitoring Typing Cadence may help detect early Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease

January 25, 2018 by SharpBrains

Above: Pat­tern of Typ­ing Cadence in 52-year-old male with Parkin­son’s. Source: NeuraMetrix

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ first eNewslet­ter in 2018, offer­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing sneek peek into the rapid­ly grow­ing toolk­it to mea­sure and improve brain health. 

(And don’t miss the fun teas­er at the end!)

New thinking:

  • Brain­no­va­tions Win­ner Jan Samzelius on why mon­i­tor­ing Typ­ing Cadence may help detect ear­ly Parkin­son’s and Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Firms Race to Find New Ways to Scan Brain Health
  • Pho­to­bio­mod­u­la­tion: A new and promis­ing way to enhance brain function
  • Dig­i­tal Men­tal Health: the Hurt, the Hype, the Hope
  • Eight Tips To Under­stand and Remem­ber What You Read

New research:

  • 10 Research Find­ings to Encour­age and Guide Med­i­ta­tion in 2018
  • Study sug­gests the sus­tained use of canola oil may cause mem­o­ry prob­lems and brain damage
  • With phar­ma exit­ing Alzheimer’s research, new hope seen in the com­bi­na­tion of brain train­ing and tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stim­u­la­tion (tDCS)
  • Impor­tant insights on the grow­ing home use of tDCS brain stimulation

New tools:

  • Coder and teenag­er Emma Yang launch­es crowd­fund­ing cam­paign for app to help improve Alzheimer’s patients’ dai­ly lives
  • Pend­ing FDA review, research find­ings pave way for Akili’s EVO to become first brain train­ing plat­form pre­scribed for ADHD
  • Pear Ther­a­peu­tics rais­es $50M to devel­op and mar­ket a port­fo­lio of dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tics for men­tal health
  • Neur­al Ana­lyt­ics rais­es $15M to com­mer­cial­ize non-inva­sive, ultra­sound-based, brain health mon­i­tor­ing device

 

 

Final­ly, a quick brain teas­er. What do you see first, ani­mals or people?

 

Have a great month of February!

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Akili, Alzheimers-disease, Brain Teasers, Brain-Fitness, Brain-health, brain-teaser, Brain-Training, canola oil, digital health, meditation, Mental-Health, Neural Analytics, Pear Therapeutics, Photobiomodulation, quick brain teaser, tDCS, Typing Cadence

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