Chugai Pharma (TYO:4519) and privately-held remote patient monitoring firm Biofourmis are continuing a collaboration to develop digital technologies to objectively measure and manage pain in endometriosis patients.
In endometriosis, the lining of a uterus grows outside the womb. The condition can also affect the ovaries and fallopian tubes. The disease affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age. Stabbing pelvic pain is a common endometriosis symptom.
In general, physicians have traditionally relied on subjective measures to gauge pain. One common system, for instance, asks patients to rate their pain on a scale from 0 to 10. The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale is similar, including pain scales using even numbers but also incorporating smiling and frowning faces.
While such scales are valuable, they are highly subjective, and patients’ personal experience and cu…