MobiHealth News November 18, 2021
This comes roughly two years after Ro inked a deal with Plenity creator Gelesis.
Ro is taking bets on the weight loss industry with a $30 million prepaid order of diet pill Plenity. The New York-based company inked a deal with Plenity creator Gelesis in 2019 to offer the product as part of Ro’s virtual care services.
Plenity, which was cleared by the FDA in 2019 as a Class II Medical Device, comes in the form of an ingestible capsule. While users can tap into Ro’s telemedicine to get a prescription for the product, Gelesis clarifies that the product is not a drug.
Users can take the capsules before meals with water in order to feel fuller. The product...
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