Medical Economics January 29, 2024
Objective, scalable cough measurement has pushed to a new frontier in respiratory health.
In modern medical sciences, respiratory health has the dubious distinction of not having joined the era of precision medicine. Even while ubiquitous sensors, advances in artificial intelligence (AI), and other innovations are reshaping modern medicine, respiratory health – and in particular anything to do with chronic conditions such as refractory chronic cough – has not advanced much in many decades.
It is telling that the last time the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a cough medication was in 1958, when it approved dextromethorphan. There has been no new antitussive since.
The main reason for this lack of progress is the fact that respiratory health in...
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