The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded Resilient Lifescience, Inc. a $854,122 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to develop a wearable medical device that can detect opioid-induced respiratory depression and issue an emergency alert. The goal is to create a technology solution that can help ensure rapid administration of the life-saving drug naloxone when an opioid overdose occurs, particularly in situations where the individual is...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), is funding the development of ODALERT - an innovative wearable device designed to detect and alert users and first responders of potential opioid overdoses. The $800,000 award to Biosensics LLC, a digital health technology company, will support the completion of ODALERT's sensor development, optimization of battery life, deployment of real-time...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the federal Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), awarded Labsys LLC a $643,948 Project Grant to develop a wearable continuous drug monitoring device for opioid use disorders (CDM-MOUD). The goal is to create a low-cost, pain-free patch that can monitor medication levels in the interstitial fluid and provide real-time insights into the effectiveness of opioid use disorder treatment protocols. In Phase I, Labsys will engineer an...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $598,312 to Addinex Technologies, Inc. to integrate and assess the practicality of a closed-loop medication management system for opioid pain management targeting ambulatory patients with extremity fractures being discharged from the emergency department. The key objectives are to adapt the Addinex system to seamlessly integrate with hospital...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), is supporting the development of a software-based medical device (SAMD) for detecting opioid use through voice analysis. The $800,000 award to Tenvos Inc., a minority-owned and woman-owned technology company, aims to advance the company's AI-driven solution that can enable patients to remotely test for opioid use and securely share results with...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Resilient Lifescience, Inc. for the development and validation of a novel wearable medical device to detect and treat opioid overdose. The $274,964 award, effective March 15, 2024 through December 31, 2024, will fund the development of two key components: 1) a self-contained, patch-based drug delivery platform capable of reliably delivering multiple...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $306,528 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to Addinex Technologies, Inc. The grant will fund the development of a medication adherence and monitoring system to support decentralized clinical trials for substance use disorder (SUD). The project aims to adapt Addinex's existing medication management system to provide researchers running SUD clinical trials with a tool for at-home dispensing that...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $386,452 Project Grant (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) to Electronic Biosciences, Inc., a small biotechnology company in San Diego, California. The grant supports the development of a rapid fingerstick diagnostic test for opioid and stimulant use disorders. This project aims to address the escalating public health crisis of opioid and stimulant overdose deaths in the United States, which reached over 107,000 in...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), is funding the development of a comprehensive fentanyl testing device by Taesun, LLC. The $305,369 award aims to create an integrated device that simplifies the process of fentanyl detection, making it more accessible and user-friendly for use in high-risk environments. The device will combine multiple testing steps, such as crushing, measuring, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the federal Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $304,215 to Carina Medical LLC to develop and validate a novel software platform for decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) in substance use disorder (SUD). The project aims to leverage large language models (LLMs) to automate data collection and improve efficiency and accuracy for SUD DCTs. Key objectives include developing the software...