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January 7, 2020 Pear Therapeutics Inc, pioneers in prescription digital therapies, announced the acquisition of Firsthand Technology’s clinically validated virtual reality pain relief applications, COOL! and GLOW! Firsthand has set the gold standard for clinical efficacy of VR analgesia through over 20 years of development and clinical trials in acute and chronic pain These clinical studies have shown that VR analgesia can significantly reduce pain, reduce drugs, and reduce the cost of healthcare

Read the Pear Press Release

VR FIGHTS THE OPIOID CRISIS

Case Study: Providence Cancer Center A clinical study tested Firsthand’s VR pain relief software with pancreatic cancer patients in post-surgery recovery at Providence Cancer Center in Portland, Oregon The outcomes showed significant improvements over Providence’s historic standard-of-care:

• Significantly lower care costs Read the Case Study Howard Rose CEO, Design Director profile Ari Hollander CTO, VR Guru profile Richard Sparks Head of Global Business Strategy profile Kristine Rogers VP of Business Development profile

Virtual Reality Is Here – Are You Ready? (TEDx: Kyrenia, Cyprus)

VR Health Care Best Practices (AIMed)

Easing Pain for Ayer Neuroscience Institute Patients

Better Patient Care with VR-San Mateo Med Center

VR is Taking the Hurt Out of Pain – IEEE Pulse

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