Pear Therapeutics

Business model

FDA-cleared prescription digital therapeutics (apps) for addiction and insomnia, billed like drugs through insurance.

In brief

Pioneered the category of "prescription digital therapeutics" — FDA-cleared apps prescribed like medication for conditions like substance use disorder. Insurers were slow to reimburse at rates that covered the cost of running clinical trials and sales teams, and after burning thr…

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