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Click Therapeutics closes USD 50m Series D led by Boehringer for prescription digital device

New York-based Click Therapeutics has closed a Series D round anchored by a USD 50 million strategic investment from Boehringer Ingelheim, alongside additional dedicated commercial funding, to support the commercialization of CT-155, an investigational prescription digital therapeutic device for the experiential negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

The financing accompanies a structural shift in the CT-155 program: Boehringer Ingelheim is transferring full product responsibility — including commercial and marketing authorization rights — to Click. CT-155 was co-developed by the two companies and has not yet received regulatory clearance. Click said proceeds will be directed toward commercialization activities, contingent on US FDA clearance. The Series D follows a Series C strategic investment by Medidata and Dassault Systèmes in 2025, and a USD 52 million Series B in 2021 co-led by H.I.G. BioHealth Partners and Accelmed Partners.

CT-155 received US FDA Breakthrough Device Designation in 2024. The completed Phase III CONVOKE trial (NCT05838625) — a randomized, double-blind, 16-week study evaluating CT-155 versus a digital control app as an adjunct to standard antipsychotic therapy — met its primary endpoint. Treatment with CT-155 produced a 6.8-point improvement in negative symptom severity on the CAINS-MAP scale at 16 weeks, compared with 4.2 points in the digital control arm, representing a 62% relative improvement (Cohen's D effect size of -0.36; p=0.0003). Adverse event rates were 8.3% for CT-155 versus 13.4% for the control arm, with no serious adverse events in either group. A follow-on ENSPIRUS study (NCT06791122), led by Boehringer Ingelheim, is generating real-world effectiveness data and remains active.

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Click's platform produces regulated prescription mobile applications designed to function as the active therapeutic agent rather than as adjunct monitoring tools. The company describes its approach as operating at the intersection of biology and technology, using AI-based adaptive delivery and patient-centric design to encode psychosocial and neurobehavioral intervention techniques at clinical-grade fidelity. The underlying scientific rationale draws on neuroplasticity research and the established efficacy of cognitive behavioral and motivational enhancement therapies, which the platform aims to deliver consistently and at scale. The company holds 63 granted patents and has previously secured US FDA authorization for CT-132, a prescription digital therapeutic for episodic migraine, and Rejoyn, co-developed with Otsuka Pharmaceuticals for adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder symptoms. Click has also acquired assets from Better Therapeutics, expanding into cardiometabolic disease, and holds a collaboration with Indivior in substance use disorders.

David Benshoof Klein, CEO and founder of Click Therapeutics, said the company has spent over a decade building its capabilities in digital therapeutics and is focused on bringing CT-155 to patients following FDA clearance. No information was available in the provided source material on Klein's prior institutional affiliations or whether the company's platform originated from university research.


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