Sidekick Health

Sidekick Health The company was founded in 2014 by two medical doctors, who had worked for years treating patients with lifestyle-related illnesses.

Sidekick is a digital health innovator, specializing in the creation of gamified digital therapeutic treatments to transform chronic disease management across multiple therapy areas in alliance with key stakeholders in pharmaceuticals and healthcare. A staggering 86% of all deaths are related to lifestyle-related illnesses and the two co-founders, frustrated with dealing with the consequences, decided to explore ways to prevent chronic illnesses and help patients already suffering from such diseases to better manage them, boosting their quality of life and triggering much improved health outcomes. The result from this collaboration was an idea to create a technical solution built on science, rooted in behavioral economics, which would be scalable across multiple therapy areas and drive it with gamification to maximize engagement and positive health outcomes. Currently Sidekick collaborates with pharmaceutical majors, healthcare payers and providers.

✨ Sidekick Health vekur athygli Svíakonungs! 🇮🇸 🇸🇪Í vikunni tók Sidekick Health þátt í eftirminnilegri heimsókn forseta ...
09/05/2025

✨ Sidekick Health vekur athygli Svíakonungs! 🇮🇸 🇸🇪

Í vikunni tók Sidekick Health þátt í eftirminnilegri heimsókn forseta Íslands, Höllu Tómasdóttur, og sænsku konungsfjölskyldunnar á Karolinska háskólasjúkrahúsið í Stokkhólmi. Heimsóknin var hluti af þriggja daga opinberri ríkisheimsókn forsetahjónanna til Svíþjóðar en markmið hennar var að styrkja hin góðu tengsl landanna og vinna að frekara samstarfi samstarfi svo sem á sviði heilbrigðismála, kvikmyndagerðar og öryggismála.
🚀 Sæmundur Oddsson, meðstofnandi og framkvæmdastjóri lækninga og rannsókna hjá Sidekick, flutti erindi og tók þátt í pallborði um framtíð stafrænnar heilbrigðisþjónustu og átti í kjölfarið gott samtal við Karl Gústaf Svíakonung þar sem þeir ræddu álag á heilbrigðiskerfi og hvernig lausnir Sidekick gætu stuðlað að betri og skilvirkari þjónustu.
💙 Við erum afar þakklát og stolt að taka þátt í að móta framtíð heilbrigðisþjónustu – bæði á Íslandi og á alþjóðavísu 🇮🇸 🌎

02/04/2025

👋 Wir suchen noch Teilnehmerinnen für unsere prospektive randomisiert-kontrollierte (RCT) Studie zur Evaluation der Wirksamkeit unserer MENO! App.

☝ Die MENO! App unterstützt Frauen in den Wechseljahren mit personalisierten Empfehlungen, evidenzbasierten Strategien und praktischen Tools für mehr Lebensqualität, selbstbestimmtes Handeln und einen gesunden Lebensstil. Sie basiert auf Methoden der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie (KVT).

🎯 Ziel der Studie: Evaluation der Wirksamkeit und Benutzerfreundlichkeit der App, um langfristig eine evidenzbasierte Begleitung für Frauen mit Wechseljahrsbeschwerden zu gewährleisten.

👉 Wer kann teilnehmen? Frauen in der Perimenopause oder Menopause mit mindestens moderaten Wechseljahrsbeschwerden (z. B. mindestens 5 Hitzewallungen pro Tag).

🚫 Ausschlusskriterien (u. a.):
❌ eine Hormontherapie (HRT) oder andere medikamentöse Behandlungen für menopausale Symptome (z. B. NK3-Rezeptor-Antagonisten, Antidepressiva (SSRIs/SNRIs) oder Antikonvulsiva) zum Zeitpunkt der Rekrutierung oder innerhalb der letzten 6 Monate vor Studienbeginn (pflanzliche Substanzen sind aber „erlaubt“)
❌ laufende oder akut geplante Psychotherapie
❌ eine aktuelle Krebsbehandlung oder Krebsbehandlung in den letzten 6 Monaten

🔎 Wenn Sie interessierte Patientinnen haben, finden Sie alle Informationen auf https://meno-app.com

Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung und Ihr Engagement! 🙏

🚀 “In five years, we’ll look back and wonder how we ever delivered care without these tools.”🎙 In a recent episode of Im...
01/11/2024

🚀 “In five years, we’ll look back and wonder how we ever delivered care without these tools.”

🎙 In a recent episode of Impulse - Meeting Healthcare Pioneers, Sidekick Health CEO Tryggvi Thorgeirsson, MD, MPH joined host Mathieu Chaffard to discuss how we are transforming healthcare with our approach to digital health.

✨ "By focusing on daily interactions that support real change, we’re seeing impacts like reduced ER visits, fewer treatment drop-offs, and significant improvements in quality of life for patients managing serious conditions," adds Tryggvi.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation here:

Tryggvi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sidekick Health, an Icelandic company that pioneered prescription digital therapeutics, treatments delivered through smartphone apps that are prescribed by thousands of physicians today.

✨We are thrilled to share that Sidekick Health has partnered with the BBC as part of the inspiring “Rewriting Cancer” se...
24/09/2024

✨We are thrilled to share that Sidekick Health has partnered with the BBC as part of the inspiring “Rewriting Cancer” series by BBC Storyworks and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Our feature, "Beyond the Hospital", highlights how Sidekick’s personalized digital health platform is transforming cancer care by providing holistic, accessible support for patients, right from their smartphones, in the comfort of their homes.

💡Through this collaboration, we shine a light on the often-overlooked emotional and mental burden that comes with a cancer diagnosis, while offering practical solutions that empower patients to manage their journey with resilience and hope. 🌱

In the episode, we share the incredible stories of Svanhildur Sigurðardóttir and G. Haukur Guðmundsson—true examples of strength and perseverance. Their experiences show just how critical Sidekick's personalized digital support can be in helping patients navigate life beyond the hospital.💪

🎥 💖

Using an app to help people living with cancer

✨ Svo sannarlega bjartir tímar hjá Sidekick. Forstjórinn og aðstoðarforstjórinn, Tryggvi og Linda fóru yfir stöðuna og f...
12/09/2024

✨ Svo sannarlega bjartir tímar hjá Sidekick. Forstjórinn og aðstoðarforstjórinn, Tryggvi og Linda fóru yfir stöðuna og framtíðina í ítarlegu viðtali við ViðskiptaMoggann.
🚀 Sidekick Health hefur vaxið um 75% á ári sl. fjögur ár og stefnir að rúmlega tveggja milljarða tekjum á þessu ári.
👀 Rannsóknir sýna að notendur appsins fá í mörgum tilfellum 25-40% bætingu á einkennum sinna sjúkdóma. Einnig sýna rannsóknir 39% færri komur á bráðamóttökur hjá fólki með krabbamein í Bandaríkjunum.
🇮🇸 Um þessar mundir býðst einstaklingum hérlendis sem greinst hafa með brjóstakrabbamein og búsettir eru á landsbyggðinni Sidekick app sérsniðið að þeirra þörfum. Áhugasömum er bent á að hafa samband við Ljósið (kolbrunhalla@ljosid.is; s:512 8478)
🙏 Takk fyrir greinargóða umfjöllun!

„Við fjartengjum sjúklinga við heilbrigðisstarfsfólk. Þannig er hægt að flagga ef eitthvað óvenjulegt kemur upp og grípa inn í áður en í óefni er komið. Svo styðjum við fólk í breytingum á lífsháttum. Það getur haft jafn mikil áhrif og lyfjameðferðir.“

Við erum stolt og þakklát fyrir að hafa fengið Nýsköpunarverðlaun Íslands 2022, sem veitt voru í gær á Nýsköpunarþingi í...
21/09/2022

Við erum stolt og þakklát fyrir að hafa fengið Nýsköpunarverðlaun Íslands 2022, sem veitt voru í gær á Nýsköpunarþingi í samstarfi við Rannís, Íslandsstofu, Nýsköpunarsjóðs atvinnulífsins og Hugverkastofunni. 🤩

Sérstaklega viljum við þakka Tækniþróunarsjóði sem gerði okkur kleift að stíga fyrstu skrefin í átt að því fyrirtæki sem við erum í dag, og auðvitað öllu því frábæra fólki sem hefur gengið til liðs við okkur á síðastliðnum árum - við værum ekkert án teymisins! 🤝

Takk fyrir okkur! ✨

Tækniþróunarsjóður
RANNÍS
Íslandsstofa
Hugverkastofan
Nýsköpunarsjóður atvinnulífsins

Nýsköpunarverðlaunin vegna ársins 2020 og 2021 voru afhent á Nýsköpunarþingi í Grósku í dag. Fyrirtækin Lauf Forks og Sidekick Health hlutu verðlaunin en það var Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, háskóla-, iðnaðar- og nýsköpunarráðherra sem afhenti þau.

20/09/2022

"🎉 Hooray! Sidekick's program for Atopic Dermatitis (AD), also known as eczema, is now live in Finland! 🇫🇮

Sidekick is a free, all-in-one mobile app designed to help you take control of your health.

No one has to do eczema alone. Your new eczema Sidekick will provide you with support whenever and wherever you need it.

The program is:
💭 Designed for people living with eczema
🧑‍⚕️ Built by doctors, psychologists, and scientists
✅ A proven way to adopt lasting healthy habits

Transform your daily life with personalized health tracking, behavioral support tools, and much more. ✨

If you have eczema and are based in Finland, visit the link to get started today 👉️ bit.ly/AD_FI

"

14/09/2022

Great news! 🎉 Sidekick's program for Atopic Dermatitis (AD), also known as eczema, is now live in Belgium, in partnership with Pfizer! 🇧🇪

Sidekick is a free, all-in-one mobile app designed to help you take control of your health.

No one has to do eczema alone. Your new eczema Sidekick will provide you with support whenever and wherever you need it.

The AD program can encourage you to adopt lasting healthy habits through personalized health tracking, behavioral support tools, and much more. ✨

If you have eczema and are based in Belgium, visit the link to get started today 👉 https://bit.ly/SKH-AD-BE

Það eru svo sannarlega spennandi tímar framundan hjá okkur í Sidekick. Við kynnum með stolti nýjasta samstarfsaðilann ok...
09/09/2022

Það eru svo sannarlega spennandi tímar framundan hjá okkur í Sidekick. Við kynnum með stolti nýjasta samstarfsaðilann okkar, svissneska fyrirtækið Ypsomed, en samstarfið er það fyrsta sinnar tegundar í heiminum, þar sem stafrænar heilbrigðismeðferðir eru samþættar snjall-lyfjapennum sem innihalda lyfjameðferðir frá stærstu lyfjafyrirtækjunum í veröldinni.

Heilbrigðistæknifyrirtækið Sidekick Health mun hefja samstarf við svissneska fyrirtækið Ypsomed en í því felst að stafrænar heilbrigðislausnir íslenska fyrirtækisins verða samþættar svokölluðum snjall-llyfjapennum (e. smart auto-injectors). Samkvæmt heimildum Innherja er Sidekic...

We’re thrilled to announce that Sidekick Health is partnering with Ypsomed to deliver an engaging and personalized exper...
08/09/2022

We’re thrilled to announce that Sidekick Health is partnering with
Ypsomed to deliver an engaging and personalized experience to patients with chronic conditions.

This collaboration will see an extension of Ypsomed’s device and SmartServices offering by implementing a self-injection module in Sidekick’s digital therapeutics solution.

The partnership aims to address problems such as needle anxiety and treatment compliance by providing patients with a digital solution designed to support them during their injection routine.

You can read more about the partnership from Phil Taylor for pharmaphorum.

Asking patients with chronic conditions to regularly inject themselves can be challenging, causing needle anxiety and worry that they may not carry out the procedure correctly, which can reduce compliance. Now, a partnership between Ypsomed and Sidekick Heath aims to tackle that problem.

Sidekick has been selected by Sifted as one of Europe's digital health 'soonicorns'! ✨🦄Read more from Sifted 👉 bit.ly/3S...
12/08/2022

Sidekick has been selected by Sifted as one of Europe's digital health 'soonicorns'! ✨🦄

Read more from Sifted 👉 bit.ly/3SNqqV8 [possible paywall]

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Sidekick was founded by two medical doctors, who had worked for years treating tens of thousands of patients with lifestyle-related illnesses.

A staggering 68% of all deaths are due to lifestyle-related illnesses and the two co-founders, frustrated with dealing with the consequences, realized that a new approach was needed to prevent chronic illnesses and help patients already suffering from such diseases to better manage them, boosting their quality of life and triggering much improved health outcomes.

The result from this collaboration was an idea to create a technical solution built on science, rooted in behavioral economics, which would be scalable across multiple therapeutic areas and drive it with gamification to maximize engagement and positive health outcomes.

Currently Sidekick collaborates with pharmaceutical leaders, healthcare payers and providers.