FDA to Examine Possible Apple Watch Role in Drug Development

Can the pharmaceutical industry use Apple Watches and other wearable sensors to speed drug discovery? That’s what one Singapore startup is claiming, and what the FDA is hoping to find out.

The Food and Drug Administration’s drug center is funding a study by Yale University and the Mayo Clinic to see if patient information generated by an Apple Watch can provide the quality of data in a heart failure study needed to make regulatory decisions, according to a July 16 announcement.

Researchers are...