MedPal AI has launched what it believes to be a UK-first direct integration between a consumer health app and a regulated pharmacy, using AI to guide users into personalised, clinically supervised treatment pathways.
The AIM-listed digital health company鈥檚 app now uses AI to analyse aggregated user health data, including BMI, to identify individuals who may benefit from weight management support, GLP-1 treatments or other clinically prescribed medicines available through its online MedPal Clinic.聽
The system only directs users into clinical assessment pathways if they meet eligibility criteria, a move the company says ensures responsible targeting rather than broad advertising of weight loss drugs.
The integration operates entirely through the London-based firm鈥檚 AI backend, meaning no app update is required.聽
Eligible users are directed to MedPal Clinic鈥檚 online assessment, where prescriptions can be issued by independent prescribers.
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The business said the new functionality demonstrates its 鈥渄ual-engine鈥� business model, combining an AI-driven wellness app that generates demand with a regulated pharmacy operation that fulfils clinical needs.聽
It plans to extend the same AI-driven targeting approach across its wider pharmacy offering, including men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 health medications that can be prescribed under UK electronic prescription guidance.
The launch comes just a few months after the HealthTech鈥檚 IPO in late August.
Its share price now stands at 6.5p and it has a market cap of 拢27.78 million.
鈥淲e believe that this is a UK-first and that no other pharmacy has this depth of AI integration with a health app,鈥� said Jason Drummond, CEO of MedPal AI.
鈥淥ur system doesn’t just advertise health supplements and weight loss treatments; it understands each user’s health profile and only connects those who clinically qualify with our GLP-1 prescribing services.聽
鈥淭his is the future of personalised healthcare, and MedPal is leading it.鈥�