Abilify

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Nana’s Sunday-Saturday pill container just got a 21st century upgrade. The FDA officially approved the first digestible e-pill for the schizophrenia drug, Abilify. It’s a revolutionary way of monitoring pill intake through real-time app alerts. Basically, if you forget to take your medicine one day, or start popping Abilify like Tic-Tacs, your doctor will be watching. 

Invasive? Sure. But important? You bet. By 2020, health care will account for 20% of the U.S.’ ~$23 trillion GDP. Of that, nearly 30% of health care costs are considered “wasteful.”

That’s because millions of patients either forget to follow or totally disregard their treatment regimens. And our friends at the FDA say that can tack on up to $100 billion in added costs per year.

Of course, no breakthrough is without its critics.