SCOTTSDALE, Ariz--Magellan Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN), a leader in the fastest growing, most complex areas of health, and Click Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in Digital TherapeuticsTM solutions, today announced the launch of a unique fully digital, integrated and comprehensive smoking cessation program. The companies have leveraged Magellan’s clinical coaching and pharmacy benefit management (PBM) capabilities with Click’s technology and machine learning platform, including the mobile application, CLICKOTINE®, to create this all-in-one solution. The full program, including access to a real-time data analytics portal, will be available to Magellan’s employer, managed care and government customers. A study published in 2013 reviewed the medical and non-medical costs related to employing a smoker in the United States, and calculated an annual excess cost of more than $5,800 per employee that smokes.

“We believe that smoking cessation programs must be personalized, easy-to-use and include a combination of both live coaching and mobile solutions to help individuals reach their personal goal,” said Lynn Hamilton, senior vice president of employer markets with Magellan Health. “This solution leverages Magellan’s expertise in the behavioral health field along with its PBM capabilities, as well as Click’s technology and adaptive data science platform, to help change behavior and allow individuals to live a healthier life.”

“This collaboration highlights the value of combining the cutting-edge technological and informatics capabilities of Click with Magellan’s market-leading solutions for managing behavioral and physical health, providing a broad distribution channel for our innovative solutions,” said David Benshoof Klein, co-founder and chief executive officer of Click Therapeutics. “We believe this collaboration will bring value to customers through a reduction in smoking rates, as well as the associated medical conditions and costs.”

CLICKOTINE® is a comprehensive smoking cessation platform that works in tandem with Magellan’s resources, including access to live coaching, a clinical call center and PBM resources to provide quit aids, including nicotine replacement therapy. The platform empowers individuals to take control of their own health and behaviors, and equips healthcare providers and payers with tools to more effectively and efficiently manage patient care. CLICKOTINE® implements clinically validated mechanisms of action to provide a personalized platform for overcoming nicotine addiction.

Dr. Seth Feuerstein, chief medical officer of medical and digital innovation at Magellan Health, will join Click Therapeutics’ board of directors. Feuerstein is a member of the Advisory Board at the Center for Biomedical and Interventional Technology at Yale University, as well as a member of the Yale University School of Medicine clinical faculty. A thought leader in technology, digital health and clinical innovation, Feuerstein is the founder and former CEO of Cobalt Therapeutics, LLC, which was acquired by Magellan Health in 2014.

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Magellan Health, Inc. is a leader in managing the fastest growing, most complex areas of health, including special populations, complete pharmacy benefits and other specialty areas of healthcare. Magellan develops innovative solutions that combine advanced analytics, agile technology and clinical excellence to drive better decision making, positively impact health outcomes and optimize the cost of care for the members it serves - all within a customer-first culture. Magellan's customers include health plans and other managed care organizations, employers, labor unions, various military and governmental agencies, third-party administrators, consultants and brokers. For more information, visit MagellanHealth.com.

Click Therapeutics, Inc. develops, validates, and commercializes software as prescription medical treatments for people with unmet medical needs. We are expanding the possibilities of medicine with Digital Therapeutics™ that combine clinical science with the power of software to create a new way to treat disease.  

Operating at the intersection of biology and technology, we use a proprietary platform-based approach to therapeutic development that leverages patient-centric design principles and innovative AI-based technologies to deliver a unique combination of engagement and clinical outcomes, consistently. Digital therapeutics on Click’s platform are regulated, clinically validated prescription mobile applications that can address diverse areas of therapeutic need, including indications in psychiatry, neurology, oncology, immunology, and cardiometabolic diseases. 

Click Therapeutics, in collaboration with Otsuka, developed the first prescription digital therapeutic authorized by the FDA for the adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder symptoms, Rejoyn™. In October 2024, in response to FDA guidance on prescription drug use-related software (PDURS), we launched Click SE™ to extend our digital therapeutics platform and expertise to the development of software-enhanced drug™ therapies that combine software with pharmacotherapy to offer added clinically meaningful benefit to patients.

Our commitment to advancing digital medicine means we continually improve our platform technologies, ensuring we stay at the forefront of cognitive, behavioral, and neuromodulatory therapeutic innovation, to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients. Our diverse team of innovators—spanning clinicians, researchers, technologists, designers and more—works together to create cutting-edge digital therapeutics, united in the mission to transform patient care. For more information, visit www.clicktherapeutics.com and connect with us on LinkedIn.