Question 1

What is Empatica?

Accepted Answer

Empatica is a digital health company that develops FDA-cleared medical wearables and the Empatica Health Monitoring Platform, used to collect clinical-quality physiological data from everyday life for research and clinical care. Empatica is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with offices in Milan, Italy.

Question 2

What is the Empatica Health Monitoring Platform?

Accepted Answer

It is an FDA-cleared, end-to-end remote monitoring solution for clinical trials and research. It combines Empatica wearables with cloud software to collect raw sensor data and digital biomarkers across all trial phases and therapeutic areas.

Question 3

Who uses Empatica?

Accepted Answer

Researchers, clinicians, pharmaceutical companies and CROs. More than half of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies use the Empatica Health Monitoring Platform to monitor treatment impact and develop novel digital biomarkers as digital endpoints.

Question 4

What are digital biomarkers?

Accepted Answer

Digital biomarkers are objective, quantifiable physiological and behavioral measures collected by digital devices such as wearables. Empatica has developed digital biomarkers for over a decade, including the first FDA-cleared digital biomarker in neurology.

Question 5

Does Empatica offer epilepsy monitoring?

Accepted Answer

Yes. EpiMonitor is Empatica's FDA-cleared epilepsy monitoring system, available in the US, UK, EU, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Question 6

Does Empatica offer Parkinson's monitoring?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Empatica's Parkinson's Monitoring combines PKG's clinically validated motor assessments with Empatica's FDA-cleared and CE MDR certified wearable technology for continuous, patient-friendly monitoring of motor symptoms.

Question 7

Are Empatica devices medical devices?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Empatica's wearables are FDA-cleared and CE-marked medical devices, and Empatica is ISO 13485 certified. Products are available in over 40 languages and can be shipped globally, subject to local regulations.

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