Nolla Health

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1. Oct 18
   Utah's $4.99 AI acne prescriptions put liability on the company

   Utah has approved Nolla Health's AI to diagnose acne and issue prescriptions itself, according to a Chinese-language analysis republished by Huxiu AI and 36Kr. Users pay $4.99 a month, submit five facial photos and a history questionnaire, and the AI scores severity from 0 to 5; cases above 3.5, or involving pregnancy, breastfeeding or severe liver or kidney disease, are routed to a human doctor, while the rest get one of eight topical drugs sent to a pharmacy. The state phased the rollout in three steps — 100 patients with two licensed doctors approving each prescription, then 500 with weekly review, then 750 with 10% monthly sampling — requiring at least 95% concordance with clinicians, zero serious adverse events and written state approval for each step. The article says the regulatory agreement names Nolla Health itself rather than a physician as the liable party and adds a duty-of-care clause, but the company's user agreement has never been published; Nolla's own state filing claims roughly 96% concordance across 1,000 real-world cases, a figure the article notes has only that single source.

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2. Oct 5
   Utah lets Nolla Health's AI issue acne prescriptions without prior doctor review

   Utah has authorized healthcare startup Nolla Health's AI to scan a user's face in the Nolla Derm app, score acne severity and issue a prescription directly. The one-year pilot is limited to Utah residents 18 and older with mild-to-moderate acne, costs $4.99 a month, and lets the AI choose only among eight approved topical creams and gels, referring users to a physician when it cannot confidently pick a treatment. According to The Verge, CNET and others, doctors must approve each AI prescription for the first 100 patients, the next 400 are prescribed by the AI with weekly retrospective physician review, and later stages have physicians audit at least 10% of prescriptions monthly plus every escalation or side-effect case. Nolla Health calls it the first U.S. program to issue initial prescriptions rather than refills, while the Utah Office of AI Policy says taking part in its sandbox does not mean the state has approved or endorsed the product.

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