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FDA approves Abilify with sensor to track ingestion
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pill to contain a digital ingestion tracking system. The Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole with sensor) tablets — a collaboration between Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Proteus Digital Health — send a message from the pill’s sensor to a wearable patch that links to a mobile app.
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QuintilesIMS rebrands as IQVIA
DANBURY, Conn., and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Analytics company QuintilesIMS has a new name. Effective Nov. 6, the company will do business as IQVIA, with its name ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange set to switch to IQV on Nov. 15. The name change comes almost a year and a half after Quintiles merged with IMS Health in a $9 billion deal.