Teva Pharmaceuticals

The Digihaler line is equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology that automatically records inhaler-use data every time the cap is opened or a user inhales.

The connected inhaler's launch will be followed by Teva's other Digihaler products before the end of the year.

Teva Pharmaceuticals EVP Sven Dethlefs talks about how the company's new ProAir Digihaler gives the patient and provider valuable insight by detecting when the inhaler is used and measuring inspiratory flow.

At the MEDinIsrael conference in Tel Aviv, Director of Analytics and Big Data Dr. Lena Granovsky talked about technology, big data, and analytics' growing role at the company.

The prescription device detects each use and records it to a paired mobile app. 

Digital therapeutics may be up and coming, but they also have a long way to go before their mainstream treatment options, according to experts who spoke at the digital therapeutics deep dive at HIMSS18.

Omada Health has announced five new senior hires, most notably a new chief medical officer, Dr.

Verily -- the Alphabet spinoff formerly known as Google Life Sciences -- has launched a new smart spoon that recognizes uncontrollable or unsteady hand movements at all times and automatically compensates, enabling people to eat without spilling.

Over the last two years, big pharma has gotten behind the idea of smartphone-connected inhalers for asthma and COPD in a big way.

Teva Pharmaceuticals will acquire Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Gecko Health Innovations (previously known as GeckoCap), a smart inhaler company.