Vibrant’s Novel Drug-Free Treatment Demonstrates Positive Efficacy and Safety Results in Adults with Chronic Idiopathic Constipation in Pivotal Phase 3 Study
The Phase 3 data met all primary endpoints for complete spontaneous bowel movements (CSBMs) per week and showed significant improvement in secondary outcomes versus placebo Data validates Vibrant as a safe and well-tolerated option to address unmet treatment needs in chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) Company submitted Phase 3 data to the U.S. Food and Drug […]
Vibrant Gastro Received Honorable Mention in Health Category of Fast Company’s 2022 World-Changing Ideas Awards
Vibrant Gastro received honorable mention in the health category for its innovative drug-free treatment for chronic constipation utilizing an entirely different approach compared to traditional drug-based treatments. The winners of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring clean technology, innovation in healthcare, brave new designs for cities and buildings, and other […]
Vibrant to Present Phase III Data at the 2022 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) Conference
YOKNEAM ILLIT, Israel, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Vibrant, a medical technology company that developed a proprietary, biocompatible treatment for chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC), announced today that an abstract titled, “Efficacy and Safety of Vibrant® Capsule for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation (CIC): Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled, Phase III Trial” has been accepted for an abstract presentation at the 2022 […]
Pharma must embrace the shift to technological solutions in healthcare
Big Pharma’s rigid business model has been successful for such a long time that it makes change more challenging. But Yoav Shaked, an investor in healthtech companies, writes that there are signs of a shift in the healthcare industry, with many patients embracing a new generation of health technology. The pharmaceutical industry did well out […]
Vibrant submits new constipation treatment for FDA
Vibrant reports positive efficacy and safety in a pivotal study for its namesake Vibrant System Vibrant, announced that the Vibrant System for chronic idiopathic constipation met its primary safety and efficacy endpoints in the V-270 pivotal trial. Based on the study’s positive findings, CEO Lior Ben Tsur announced the company has submitted a de novo […]
U.S. healthcare sees a paradigm shift in chronic treatment
Chronic conditions are the main drivers of the $3.8 trillion healthcare costs per annum in the United States, and are some of the most significant causes of death and disability. Diabetes and arthritis have long been known as chronic conditions. The advent of cancer immuno-therapies (such as Keytruda, Opdivo, and Yervoy) has caused some to […]
Vibrant raises $7.5M for innovative drug-free constipation treatment
Vibrant, a medical technology company that’s developed a disposable vibrating pill to treat chronic constipation, today announced its Series E for $7.5 million. The company is based in Tel Aviv and is lead by Lior Ben-Tsur, a startup veteran. Since its founding in 2007, the company has raised a total of $25 million. This round […]
A pill vibrates to better treat GI problems
As it moves through the GI tract, the experimental Vibrant capsule vibrates, using a mechanism similar to the buzzers restaurants hand out to let you know that your table is ready. The agitation induces natural muscular waves known as peristalsis, moving stool through the body without chemical action. “We expect to treat chronic constipation of […]
Drug-Free constipation cure: A vibrating pill
Constipation is often the butt (sorry!) of crude humor, but for sufferers it’s no joking matter. And when the condition is chronic, the desire for relief is chronic, too. Now, a new high-tech cure may change that. It doesn’t use drugs, has virtually no side effects, is amazingly effective—and works by literally shaking the you-know-what […]
Swallowing a VIBRATING capsule
Swallowing a VIBRATING capsule could relieve constipation by stimulating stomach contractions and speeding up digestion Medication is programmed to vibrate in a patient’s large intestineTaking the capsule doubles the number of bowel movements versus placeboIf studies confirm its effectiveness, the capsule may be available in three yearsSwallowing a vibrating capsule could relieve chronic constipation, research […]