CureApp SC
Prescription therapeutic app and CO checker to assist smoking cessation treatment of patients with nicotine dependence, approved in Japan in 2020.
sc.cureapp.comAt a glance
- Type
- Patient app
- Platforms
- iOS · Android · Device
- Who it’s for
- Patients and physicians
- Where it’s available
- Japan
- Sources cited
- 3
- In the library since
- 24 September 2026
- Regulatory status
- Japanese approval, PMDA list August 2020 (review 28 May 2020): assistance in smoking cessation treatment of patients with nicotine dependence; approval number 30200BZX00271000 as stated by the company.As recorded from the regulator or the company, with its attribution.
What it does
CureApp SC pairs a patient app with a carbon monoxide (CO) checker. Its official site for medical professionals gives approval number 30200BZX00271000, the general name smoking cessation treatment support system, and classification as a managed and specially maintained medical device, and says the app can be downloaded from Google Play and the App Store.
Independent evidence
Established from a source other than the company.
The PMDA review report (review of 28 May 2020, deliberation of 19 June 2020) gives the brand name CureApp SC Digital Therapeutic and CO Checker for Nicotine Dependence, the intended use of assisting smoking cessation treatment of patients with nicotine dependence, and approval without designation for a use-results survey; the PMDA's list gives the approval as August 2020. The approval number is as the company states it; the ministry's approval notice was not read.
What the company says
The company’s own statements, attributed to it and not presented as established fact.
The company reports a domestic phase III trial with continuous abstinence from weeks 9 to 24 of 63.9% against 50.5%. Pricing is not recorded.
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