South Carolina Corrections To Use Pear Therapeutics PDT To Support Inmates In Addiction Recovery

The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) plans to offer prescription digital therapeutics (PDT) developed by Pear Therapeutics, Inc., to support female inmates in recovery from opioid and other addiction disorders. Eligible inmates at the SCDC Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution will be prescribed and treated with reSET or reSET-O to help the facility expand access to addiction services.

The Pear PDTs are first digital treatments for addiction disorder to be authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). reSET is used as a monotherapy for people 18 years of age or older with addiction disorder, and . . .