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NIDA accepting proposals to create mobile app that helps patients take medications as prescribed

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October 9, 2012

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NIDA seeks to develop and test a prototype mobile/tablet technology-based application to provide a low-cost, highly personalized, interactive patient-centric medication adherence tool that improves upon currently available mobile technology-based medication adherence applications.

Please share this announcement with others who might be interested. The full announcement can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm or the complete PDF at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/SBIRContract/PHS2013-1.pdf.

The deadline for receipt of all contract proposals submitted in response to this solicitation is Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

For more information, contact the NIDA press office at media@nida.nih.gov or 301-443-6245.


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