Disruptive Beyond the Pill Solutions in Liver Care

Category

Digestive Wellness 

Description

We are looking for digital/technology solutions, which can provide enhanced liver disease diagnostics that facilitate early liver disease detection and treatment progression.

Desired attributes

1. Non-invasive/minimally invasive, and ease-to-use for consumer self-administration
2. Scalable/affordable for regular usage
3. Sensitivity to key markers to detect early liver health issues, and/or show progress/improvement (with treatment)

Background

The liver is responsible for over 500 vital body functions, yet only 5% of people are aware of its importance, as it is working in silence and often shows little obvious warning signs.

The liver is known as a silent organ since, even with liver disease, the symptoms are often not noticed. The liver is also a critical organ in the human body that is responsible for an array of functions that help support metabolism, immunity, digestion, detoxification, and vitamin storage among other functions.

Globally, liver health awareness is very low, with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affecting ~30% of the general population. NAFLD significantly increases with underlying medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Hence, we are seeking digital or tech solutions, which could help enhance liver health care via early diagnostics.

Key Success Criteria

Must-have Requirements

• Meet at least 1 of the criteria defined in above need descriptions.
• Accurate result - early markers
• Safe to use
• Easy to operate or use
• Non-invasive solution

Preferred Requirements

• Non-invasive solution