gastrointestinal health
Regulora delivers behavioral therapy based on gut-directed hypnotherapy through a smartphone app.
Also: Fitness app FitOn raises $18 million, and virtual pediatric platform KixCare completes a $2 million seed round.
The London-based company is backing a 300-person UPenn study comparing its digital therapeutic to the consumer wellness app.
A new exploratory collaboration with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals comes just a couple weeks after the digital therapeutics startup ended a commercialization relationship with Novartis' Sandoz.
Zemedy is an app targeted at treating irritable bowel syndrome symptoms through a combination of CBT, hypnotherapy exercises and stress management techniques.
The startup said that the seed funding will support continued development of Regulora, its behavioral intervention delivered through a mobile platform.
The company looks to sell its chronic health offering to health plans and employers.