Akili Bails on Prescription Digital Therapeutic Route, Lays Off 40% of Staff

Boston-based digital therapeutics company Akili Inc. (Nasdaq: AKLI) will lay off 40% of its staff as it shifts away from its legacy prescription digital therapeutic strategy. The company has long contended that its FDA-cleared digital therapeutic could and should be covered under health plans because of the physicians’ role in doling out access to its […]

Digital Therapeutics Startup Akili Plans to Lay Off 30% of Staff

Akili, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKLI) will lay off 30% of its workforce in a cost-cutting play to extend its cash runway. The Boston-based prescription digital therapeutics company will complete the cuts — impacting 46 employees — by the end of the first quarter, according to an email to staff from Akili CEO and founder Eddie Martucci. […]

The Deals that Defined Behavioral Health Investment in 2022

Dealmaking has made behavioral health one of the most interesting segments of the health care sector. And 2022 was no exception even after a historic 2021. Behavioral Health Business has identified a handful of deals that caught our eye as we look back at the year that was 2022. Not all of them are big-dollar […]

Clarity on Digital Therapeutics Reimbursement Could Lead to More Behavioral Health Adoption

After years of reimbursement uncertainty, the digital therapeutics industry is beginning to see newfound clarity. Within the last year, digital therapeutics, which are evidence-based treatments delivered through software interventions to treat or manage a condition, have made inroads with both commercial insurers and Medicaid. Earlier this year, state Medicaid programs in Massachusetts and Oklahoma announced […]

Akili Interactive Raises $163M, Joins Slew of Digital Behavioral Health Companies Entering Public Market via SPAC

Akili Interactive (Nasdaq: AKLI), a digital therapeutic focused on cognitive impairment, hit Nasdaq Monday morning through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I. In doing so, Akili joins a growing list of digital behavioral health companies entering the public markets through SPAC mergers. The Boston-based startup created a […]