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Against AMD, Novartis relies on the serious game of French Tilak Healthcare

2021-10-29T19:08:32.326Z


“OdySight”, certified as a medical device, is now used at home by a little over 3000 patients in France.


These are two incurable diseases whose progression we can only try to slow down.

However, 100% of patients followed for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy (1 million patients in France) are not compliant.

It is in particular to fight against this abandonment of follow-up


that the Swiss laboratory Novartis offers patients, via


their ophthalmologist, the free use of a serious game called

OdySight

published by the French Tilak Healthcare.

Its role: to help


monitor the evolution of the disease in their patients.

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Appearing in the form of a puzzle, the representation of which is constantly changing, this game available on tablet and mobile is in fact promoted free of charge by Novartis, which pays an annual usage fee to the French publisher.

It has just announced the raising of 7 million euros in new money from specialized funds Elaia, Swen Capital Partners, Matmut Innovation and iBionext Growth Fund, the co-founder.

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Source: lefigaro

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