Despite all of the buzz around adoption of digital health tools and whopping VC investments in consumer-facing digital health firms, pharma has yet to articulate a business model for co-development or integration of behavior-modifying digital therapeutics into their portfolios.

The Consumer Technology Association hopes its newly developed standard for digital therapeutics will clear up industry confusion and encourage the adoption of these treatments.

A snapshot of global medical device approvals captured during the past two weeks by Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker. Among the noteworthy approvals in the closing days of 2018, Roche/Foundation Medicine captured Japanese approval for its comprehensive companion diagnostic.

This Month's Profile Group: Heightened Concussion Awareness Calls For New Detection Tools, features profiles of Cerora, MC10, Oculogica, and Sway Medical. Plus these Start-Ups Across Health Care: Bicycle Therapeutics, Crosstrees Medical, Rescue Therapeutics, and Sensulin.