Akili partners with Shionogi on digital therapeutics in certain Asian markets

7 March 2019

UK-listed PureTech Health (LSE: PRTC) today announced that its independent affiliate Akili has entered into a strategic partnership with Japan’s Shionogi (TYO: 4507) for the commercialization of two of Akili’s digital medicine product candidates, AKL-T01 and AKL-T02, in Japan and Taiwan.

AKL-T01 is currently under review with the US Food and Drug Administration as a potential digital treatment for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and AKL-T02 is in late-stage development as a potential digital treatment for cognitive function and related symptoms in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

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