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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first drug in the U.S. with a digital ingestion tracking system.

Detailed explanation-2: -The field lay stagnant until technology caught up with invention in the 1990s. The first digital pill to be approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a version of aripiprazole (Abilify) manufactured by Otsuka Pharmaceutical, was approved in November 2017.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first digital pill was approved by the FDA in 2017 and includes a digital ingestion tracking system within the pill itself. The pill was developed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, and the pill is called Abilify MyCite. The pill itself can detect if a person has taken the medication or not.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aripiprazole tablets with sensor (Abilify MyCite) transmits information to an app when ingested. The FDA has approved the first drug with a digital ingestion tracking system, according to a press release.

Detailed explanation-5: -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved tiny digestible microchips that can be added to pills, allowing providers to monitor whether they take their medicine, Medical Xpress reports. The microchips previously had been allowed only in placebos to determine whether they worked and posed no danger.