Eddie Martucci, CEO, Akili Interactive - Software that is the medicine

What if software could actually treat a disease? That’s the question that Eddie Martucci, a biochemist and biophysicist whose focus is in drug design, wondered 10 years ago. It’s also the question that set his digital therapeutics company, Akili Interactive, into motion. Today, as Co-Founder and CEO at Akili, Eddie and a diverse team of cognitive neuroscientists, data scientists, software engineers, and video game designers (who’ve worked on games like Medal of Honor, Plants vs. Zombies, and Bejeweled) have developed EndeavorRx, the first-ever FDA-approved prescription video game to treat kids 8-12 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Eddie joins the podcast to talk about the new and growing field of medicine called digital therapeutics and share how “software that is the medicine” is innovating and disrupting traditional medicine as we know it. He explains how software has the potential to treat a range of health conditions – like depression, anxiety, insomnia, chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, Long COVID brain fog, and more – and how digital therapeutics are on track to becoming “a brand new pillar of medicine.” 

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