Digital Biomarkers


For clinicians and researchers looking to personalize care plans and advance research behind treatments, Empatica’s suite of digital measures unlocks a deeper understanding of disease progression, treatment effectiveness, and patient response in real-world settings.


Over 300 digital measures
The largest selection of digital biomarkers available in research, from a single solution


Digital measure categories across wrist, hip and lumbar positions:
- 6MWT
- Activity Recognition
- Autonomic Arousal
- Body Position
- Energy Expenditure
- Gait
- Movement Disorders (PKG algorithms)
- Spatiotemporal Gait Analysis
- Sleep
- Vital Signs
- Wearing Detection
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What are digital biomarkers?
Digital biomarkers offer non-invasive, objective, and continuous measurements of physiological and behavioral parameters, collected via wearable sensors. They can provide a deeper understanding of disease progression, treatment effectiveness, and patient response in real-world settings, facilitating more robust and patient-centric research, and can be a key tool in clinical trials by serving as digital endpoints.
By harnessing the power of digital health technologies and digital biomarkers, researchers and healthcare practitioners gain access to new opportunities in remote monitoring, personalized medicine, early detection, and cost-effective data collection. The above can enhance the efficiency and accuracy of clinical studies, and holds the promise of more personalized and effective interventions, ultimately improving the quality of healthcare and advancing medical knowledge.
Improve treatment development and healthcare diagnostics
Continuously monitor over a hundred health parameters from patients’ homes, using medical-grade technology and precise algorithms
Use clinically validated digital measures, developed and validated against gold standards. Ask our team for our validation papers
Get a real-time view of patient physiology, changes across time, and monitor adverse events.
Develop your own digital biomarkers, for use as digital endpoints or to support in care management


A complete actigraphy offering
Leveraging the ability of our EmbracePlus wearable to be worn on different parts of the body thanks to its various form factors, our actigraphy offering covers dozens of digital measures, from gait analysis to activity.
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Our partners


Algorithm integrations: The world’s best endpoints in a single platform
Empatica’s digital biomarkers and a range of partner algorithms come together in our Platform, allowing clinical trial sponsors to choose from 300+ reliable digital measures.
Meet all your physiological data collection needs using one wearable and platform, reducing operational costs and the burden on both patients and sites.
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Partner with us
Our team can help develop digital biomarkers for use in your research or practice. Empower your research with the transformative potential of digital biomarkers through a strategic partnership with Empatica and guidance through all steps of the validation process.
Case Study:
Discover how we partnered with Takeda to create a novel digital endpoint around sweat detection for Fabry disease patients.
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Joint research initiatives
Collaborate with Empatica on joint research initiatives to explore new frontiers in digital biomarker development. Leverage our expertise, technology, and data resources to conduct groundbreaking studies and contribute to the advancement of healthcare knowledge.
Customized biomarker development
Partner with Empatica for the development of custom digital biomarkers tailored to your research or clinical objectives. Our team of data scientists will work closely with you to design, implement, and validate biomarkers that address specific parameters critical to your project.
Reliable clinical validation
Our FDA-cleared biomarkers and proven track record in regulatory compliance provide a solid foundation for efficient and successful research outcomes. Our regulatory experts can be trusted partners in accelerating your validation processes.
Seamless technology integration
Integrate Empatica's digital biomarker technology seamlessly into your existing platforms or solutions. Whether you're developing a healthcare app or a new research tool, our SDK can enhance the capabilities of your offerings with accurate digital measures.
Proven applications in:
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Epilepsy
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology
- Hepatology
- Immunology
- Infectious disease
- Mental Health
- Neurology
- Occupational Health
- Oncology
- Physical Health
- Respiratory conditions
- Rheumatology
- Sleep
- Women's health


The most comprehensive & validated set of movement disorder algorithms
38 movement disorder algorithms, validated in over 90 publications:
- Bradykinesia
- Dyskinesia
- Tremor
- Immobility
- Fluctuations
- Wearing off
- Device-assisted therapy
- Medication Reminders
Shaping the future of personalized healthcare
For the past decade, Empatica has been committed to shaping the future of personalized healthcare through cutting-edge digital biomarkers
Expert data science
Behind every digital biomarker is a team of expert data scientists leveraging high-quality data collected using our device sensors, ensuring that the insights generated are precise, reliable, and actionable.
Rigorous quality standards
At Empatica, we adhere to the highest quality standards in the industry. Our digital biomarker development processes undergo rigorous testing and validation to ensure accuracy, reliability, and safety.
Trusted pioneers
We offer the largest range of digital measures in research, including six FDA-cleared digital biomarkers for Pulse Rate, Respiratory Rate, SpO2, Skin Temperature, EDA, and Sleep Detection.
Leading the way in neurology
Empatica proudly holds the distinction of having the first FDA-cleared digital biomarker in neurology, specifically designed for the detection of epileptic seizures.


Discover the full potential of using our digital biomarkers with the Empatica Health Monitoring Platform
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