Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have begun studying whether iPads with facial recognition software can verify that patients are taking medications prescribed to combat drug abuse.

The software from New York-based AiCure is designed to confirm that a patient ingested the right medication at the right time.

The clinical study involving 140 patients focuses on Suboxone, a medication prescribed as maintenance therapy for opioid addiction, said Dr. Eugene Somoza of the Cincinnati Addiction… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)