We mentioned a report last week from the Digital Pharma Blog that Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Merck had each removed apps from the Apple AppStore in recent months. While many others covering this story attributed the move to a potential rethinking on the value of apps, the Digital Pharma Blog attributes many of the withdrawals to mergers the companies went through during the past two years: Merck with Schering-Plough and Pfizer with Wyeth.
In fact, the Digital Pharma Blog has aggregated some 65 smartphone apps created by pharma and biotech companies on its new Digital Pharma Links page, which can be found here. The page is a comprehensive looking list but it lacks details and screen grabs of the apps, so we put together a quick slide show to highlight ten of the apps created by some of the major pharma and biotech companies.
Pharma is clearly just beginning to embrace smartphone apps. They are not shying away from the platform:
Astella -- Get BladderFit
Astellas -- Get BladderFit: If you have trouble controlling your bladder movements, Get BladderFit is for you! Learn how to do pelvic floor exercises to improve your urinary function, and use the bladder training diary to monitor your progress. The app can be tailored to your condition and features. Free
Bayer FactorTrack
Bayer -- FactorTrack: A personal, interactive app designed by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to help make it easier to track and record your hemophilia A Factor VIII infusions. Free
Boehringer Ingelheim NIHSS
Boehringer Ingelheim -- NIHSS: An intuitive, user friendly tool for clinicians to efficiently evaluate Stroke patients with the NIHSS scale. 1.19 British Pounds
GlaxoSmithKline Cancer Trials
GlaxoSmithKline -- Cancer Trials: Developed in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, MedTrust Online’s CancerTrials App is an iPhone/iPod Touch application that locates Clinical Trials in your area. Free
Johnson & Johnson -- Crohn's Diary
Johnson & Johnson -- Crohn's Diary: Doctors know that Crohn's disease is not caused by stress or sensitivity to certain foods or food products. However, both can aggravate symptoms in some people. The more you know about how Crohn's disease affects you, the more you can do to help manage your Crohn's disease symptoms. Free
Lundbeck -- Geriatric
Lundbeck -- Geriatric: A suite of the most widely used clinician-administered assessment scales related to geriatric patients. Doctot Geriatric affords the medical practitioner a highly efficient and easy-to-use tool to measure important functions of geriatric patients. 1.19 British Pounds
Merck Vree for Diabetes
Merck -- Vree for Diabetes: Helpful tools in one easy-to-access location. Whether you are newly diagnosed or have lived with diabetes for many years, Vree for Diabetes can be your portable resource for just-in-time information and health monitoring. Free
Novartis VaxTrax
Novartis -- VaxTrax: Provides one convenient place for busy parents to keep track of vaccinations. Simply enter each family member’s info, including any vaccinations they’ve received to date. Free
Pfizer Oncology RCC
Pfizer -- Oncology RCC: An application that has been developed to support UK Healthcare Professionals responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Free
Sanofi Aventis AFib Educator
Sanofi Aventis -- AFib Educator: To help healthcare providers explain AFib to patients, their families and caregivers, AF Stat has developed the AFib Educator. Free
