The CareLiver app – developed by Alice Bondi, Luca Cellamare, Luisa Cicolini and Isabella Poles, students of Biomedical Engineering and Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and members of NECSTLab – was selected among the three finalist projects of the Alfathon, the first full digital hackathon designed by Alfasigma to contribute to research and innovation in the pharmaceutical sector. The competition was attended by over 40 teams from more than 10 European and non-European countries.
CareLiver is a monitoring, prevention and data collection app on liver cirrhosis. Born as a support tool for caregivers, patients and doctors, it was chosen as the best proposal among those presented in the challenge that required the development of software/hardware for the management of hepatic encephalopathy.
The app will compete for the final prize of 5,000 euros offered by Alfasigma with two other projects, one Spanish and one Italian.