The integration of digital with mechanical: Explorations of connectivity and data generation via our Innovation Partnership program for the Molly autoinjector

Abstract: Digital health solutions create myriad possibilities in terms of enabling “beyond the pill” health outcomes. However, the path to streamlining a strategic approach between pharma and its development partners toward creating smart combination products remains a challenge. With a general consensus that developers must accurately determine in advance what users want, many companies wait upon the success of early players as a determinant to foray into digital health. This philosophy, however, disregards the heterogeneity of combination products in development along with the diversity of clinical or patient-reported outcomes measures. Here, we present a dissection of SHL’s Innovation Partnership program along with our connected device offering – both of which allows us to flexibly collaborate with any pharmaceutical partner in the development of connected therapeutics.