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- Nov 7, 2023
AppliedVR Releases Data From Largest Trial to Study Home-based VR Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
Randomized, placebo-controlled study of more than 1,000 participants indicates AppliedVR's RelieVRx program can have clinically...
- Jul 20, 2023
AppliedVR and National Cancer Inst. Collaborate on Research Evaluating VR for Reducing Anxiety...
Interim analysis supports feasibility and acceptability of a novel VR intervention to target psychological symptoms for PBT patients. LOS...
- Apr 12, 2023
AppliedVR Partners with Lovell to Better Serve Government Healthcare Systems
Lovell® will represent AppliedVR as its Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business vendor in the federal space. LOS ANGELES and...
- Mar 21, 2023
AppliedVR Becomes First VR Provider to Receive HCPCS Level II Code from CMS as Durable Medical Equip
Decision places AppliedVR's flagship product RelieVRx™ in an existing benefit category, providing a critical next step for securing...
- Jan 3, 2023
Heska Corporation Completes Acquisition of LightDeck Diagnostics
LOVELAND, Colo., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Heska Corporation (NASDAQ: HSKA; "Heska" or the "Company"), a leading global provider of...
- Dec 8, 2022
The VA is turning to VR to help vets manage chronic pain
Caregivers at 18 Veterans Affairs facilities will write patients a “prescription” for an FDA-authorized eight-week VR program called...
- Oct 10, 2022
AppliedVR Wins Q3 '22 Comparably Awards-Recognized for Happiest Employees, Best Company Compensation
Fast-growing and mission-driven virtual reality medicine leader pioneering a new category of immersive therapeutics recognized for...
- Jul 21, 2022
AppliedVR Announces RelieVRx Delivers Durable Effects Six Months After Completing Treatment
RelieVRx maintained clinically meaningful effects six months after treatment for reducing pain intensity and pain-related interference...
- Jun 14, 2022
LightDeck Dx Announces U.S. Dept. of Ag. Grant to Develop Rapid Test For Toxic Chemicals in Water
The rapid, portable, quantitative test will help ensure safer water sources and better monitoring for toxic PFAS chemicals BOULDER,...
- May 17, 2022
AppliedVR Partners with Kernel to Measure Brain Activity Changes in VR Chronic Pain Treatment
May 17, 2022 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AppliedVR, a pioneer in immersive digital therapeutics, and...
- Apr 28, 2022
AppliedVR & Komodo Health Partner To Validate Power of VR As Effective Digital Chronic Pain Therapy
Following a 2021 FDA marketing authorization, AppliedVR will leverage Komodo’s platform in clinical trial to study the real-world...
- Apr 26, 2022
Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain?
V.R. treatments may provide relief similar to intravenous opioids — a tantalizing prospect for the millions of Americans living with...
- Mar 22, 2022
AppliedVR Renames its FDA-Approved RelieVRx Therapeutic Drug & Publishes Results of Durability Study
Company also names Charisse Y. Sparks, M.D., FAAOS as Chief Medical Officer LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AppliedVR, a...
- Mar 8, 2022
LightDeck Diagnostics Named to Fast Company’s List of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies
Selected as a top five biotech company in the world, LightDeck joins the ranks of Canva, Microsoft, SpaceX, and more. Boulder, CO (March...
- Mar 8, 2022
AppliedVR Named to Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Companies
Selected as a top five AR/VR company in the world, AppliedVR joins the ranks of Snap, Nvidia, Google, and more. Last year, we got a much...
- Jan 27, 2022
US DoD, Henry M. Jackson Foundation Award LightDeck Dx $2M for Multiplexed Respiratory Illness Test
Partnered with The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), LightDeck®’s inflammation panel...
- Nov 17, 2021
DOD Awards $35.1M to LightDeck to Increase Production Capacity of COVID-19 Point-of-Care Tests
On July 6, 2021, the Department of Defense (DOD), on behalf of and in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services...
- Nov 17, 2021
FDA Authorizes Marketing of Virtual Reality System for Chronic Pain Reduction
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized marketing of EaseVRx, a prescription-use immersive virtual reality (VR) system...
- Mar 23, 2021
AppliedVR: One of Fast Company's 10 most innovative companies in augmented and virtual reality
Consumer virtual reality (VR) headsets took a stride toward the mainstream with the release of Oculus Quest 2 this year, while augmented...
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