CONFERENCE DAY ONE - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

8:00 am Morning Check-In & Coffee

8:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks & Start of Day One

Accelerating Commercialization Roadmaps for Robust Market Strategies

9:00 am Case Study: Effective Commercialization & Market Access Through Pharma Partnerships

Synopsis

  • Learnings on the successes and challenges of DTx-pharma collaborations
  • Understand the data required to demonstrate value as part of the PDURS or Software-Drug combination frameworks
  • Explore the role of pharma partnerships in the post-COVID digital therapeutics landscape for sustainable commercialization avenues

9:30 am Unlocking Commercial Value Through Product & Regulatory Strategies

Synopsis

  • Leverage multiple regulatory pathways to accelerate market entry and enhance credibility with stakeholders
  • Explore non-conventional commercialization routes, to increase exposure and drive ROI
  • Demonstrate the benefits of combining regulatory innovation with non-traditional strategies to generate sustainable revenue

10:00 am Fireside Chat: Dtx-Pharma Partnerships & Understanding Viable Commercial Avenues for Providing Multi-Modality Health

Synopsis

  • Engage in a cross functional expert-led panel discussion into the viability of the new Prescription Drug Use Related Software (PDURS) framework
  • Understand the regulatory, technical, and commercial differences between PDURS and Drug-Software combinations
  • Consider potential changes that could shape the future Pharma-Digital health partnerships

10:45 am Speed Networking & Morning Break

Synopsis

Make the most of this morning networking session to reconnect with your industry and meet fellow pioneers. Use this opportunity effectively connect with cross-industry stakeholders and form important connections for expediting your product development & commercialization

11:45 am Incorporating AI & Achieving Healthcare Integration for Sustainable Digital Therapeutics

  • Anand Iyer Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, WellDoc Inc

Synopsis

  • Explore how AI can be integrated into SAAMD products to enhance personalization, efficiency, and regulatory compliance in healthcare
  • Address failures in digital therapeutics by driving integration across the broader healthcare continuum, avoiding siloed solutions
  • Understand regulatory expectations surrounding AI integration and how agencies want AI features incorporated into digital health products

12:15 pm Increasing Demand & Adoption by Building Physician Trust in DTx Products

Synopsis

  • Increasing physician buy-in to boost demand for your products
  • Effectively communicate with prescribers, payers, and patients to foster trust and support
  • Balancing physician engagement with payer requirements to ensure smoother product adoption and reimbursement pathways

12:45 pm Bridging the Gap: Successfully Integrating Digital Therapeutics into Healthcare Systems

Synopsis

  • Insight into how healthcare providers assess and adopt digital therapeutics, including balancing innovation with clinical and operational realities
  • Why economic analysis, implementation risk, and system integration should be considered early in the development process to avoid delays and barriers to adoption
  • Discuss how digital therapeutics companies can preemptively address the needs of payers, providers, and caregivers to ensure successful product deployment, including insights into reimbursement strategies

1:15 pm Lunch & Networking

Understanding the Data Required to Demonstrate Value to Regulators, Investors, Payors, Clinicians, & Patients

2:15 pm Navigating Clinical Trials & Commercial Strategy for Digital Therapeutics Targeting Fatal Outcomes

Synopsis

  • Challenges in designing suicide prevention trials that ensure safety while gathering data on both short- and long-term patient outcomes
  • Unique considerations for commercial strategies for DTx’s to treat life-threatening conditions
  • Understanding the more stringent regulatory standards for treatments aimed at fatal outcomes

2:45 pm Integrating Human Coaching to Improve Patient Outcomes Founder & CEO Prove Increased Value to Payors

Synopsis

  • Understand how the integration of human coaching into Prosoma’s products improved patient outcomes and justified increased reimbursement from payors
  • Explore the specific data and metrics used to demonstrate the value of human intervention, including patient outcomes and DTx program completion rates
  • Learn how outcome-driven insights helped secure higher reimbursement rates by proving long-term cost-effectiveness and a significant benefit to patients

3:15 pm Structured Networking Break

3:45 pm Designing Clinical Trials & Leveraging Funding for Digital Therapeutics in Addiction

  • Will Aklin Chief Clinical Research Grants Branch DTMC, National Institute of Drug Abuse

Synopsis

  • Clinical trials focus on safety, efficacy, and relapse prevention using validated addiction endpoints
  • NIDA supports digital therapeutic projects addressing opiates, smoking, vaping, and withdrawal-related insomnia
  • Flagship funding opportunities to support projects aimed to scale and sustain innovative addiction treatments

4:15 pm The Value and Impact of Medical Affairs in the Lifecycle of a Digital Therapeutic

  • Pooja Raghani Medical Science Liaison - Digital Therapeutics, Otsuka

Synopsis

  • Increase clinician familiarity with digital therapeutics, ensuring their confident adoption in patient care
  • Implement a Medical Science Liaison strategy to bridge gaps between DTx companies and healthcare providers, facilitating knowledge transfer and open dialogues about their place in holistic healthcare
  • Provide ongoing, data-driven education to reinforce DTx product efficacy, enabling clinicians to effectively communicate therapeutic benefits to patients and improve outcomes

4:15 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Day One