Mahana obtains marketing authorization for IBS digital therapeutic - Healio

[Health Reporter]

Mahana obtains marketing authorization for IBS digital therapeutic  Healio

Parallel, a prescription digital therapeutic developed by Mahana Therapeutics for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, received marketing authorization from the FDA, according to a company press release.

The 3-month digital program uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help adults change factors that might contribute to IBS.

“Parallel provides adult patients suffering from any subtype of IBSwith a clinically validated, digitally delivered, cognitive behavioral therapy-based complementary treatment,” Emeran Mayer, MD, a distinguished professor at UCLA, and member of Mahana’s clinical advisory board, said in the release. “Cognitive behavioral therapy has increasingly been incorporated into gastrointestinal patient care, and this digital model increases access to this important treatment approach. Prescription digital therapeutics, working in ‘parallel’ with medications and other treatments represent an exciting new frontier in medicine.”

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