'Podnosis': The rise of digital therapeutics, and ways to fix the PBM industry

This week on "Podnosis," you'll hear from Christina Brezing, a research scientist at New York State Psychiatric Institute. She sat down with Fierce's Anastassia Gliadkovskaya to discuss the rise of prescription digital therapeutics.

Also under discussion is pharmacy benefit managers. A.J. Loiacono cofounded Capital Rx, a startup health tech PBM. He talks to Fierce's Frank Diamond about ways to fix the PBM industry and how his little company can compete with the giants.

To learn more about topics in this episode: 

• Big Health hauls in $75M to ramp up commercialization, launch new digital mental health therapeutics
• Sidekick Health nets $55M to bolster digital therapeutics programs
• Click Therapeutics inches closer to first FDA OK with breakthrough nod for migraine app
• Why startup PBM Capital Rx wants to break the industry's 'roulette wheel of pricing'
• Capital Rx CEO: PBM industry needs to be repaired, not ditched
• Capital Rx rakes in $106M funding round as it continues to build out JUDI platform
• 'The Top Line': Part 2 of a series on Narcan, the lifesaving nasal spray

Podnosis is produced by senior multimedia producer Teresa Carey. The stories are by all our “Fierce” journalists. Like and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.