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Recently, JDRF has ratcheted up the pressure on the FDA to encourage quicker development and approval of an artificial pancreas (AP) for type 1 diabetes. In late...
According to a recent Apple report , over 425,000 mobile apps are now available in the App Store, with a staggering 200 million users and 15 billion downloads. And...
What will it take to get an artificial pancreas approved? It seems that the path ahead may now be a bit clearer…
Valeritas’ V-Go Disposable Insulin Delivery Device. In late July, Valeritas announced it had received CE Mark approval for its V-Go disposable insulin delivery device,...
Although most blood glucose meters are theoretically able to upload test results to a computer, the reality can be a frustrating, time-consuming process. Different...
Although insulin pens don't often grab headlines as much as other diabetes devices, we were glad to hear news about Novo Nordisk’s FlexTouch pen earlier this summer. The...
Look out for a new "smart" insulin pen this February. It's called the HumaPen Memoir - "memoir" because it records the time and amount of the previous 16 insulin doses...
Kelly thanks the FDA for keeping its holiday promise: an artificial pancreas guidance document by December 1…
April has been quite a busy month for Medtronic with the launch of new CareLink software that is finally Mac-compatible and the introduction of the greatly anticipated...
In June, Insulet announced the acquisition of Neighborhood Diabetes, a medical equipment distributor that specializes in consumer sales of diabetes supplies. The company...
Recently, increasing evidence has suggested that weight-loss surgery (called “bariatric surgery”) can help improve type 2 diabetes management (or even cause its reversal...
Blood glucose monitoring meets Apple’s iPhone: our own Adam Brown test drives Sanofi/AgaMatrix’s new tiny smartphone glucose monitor, the iBGstar…
For people with diabetes, driving a car can be dangerous. According to a study of crash data from the United Kingdom, commercial truck drivers with diabetes had a three-...
What are going to be the big headlines for 2012? What will be the impact of Bydureon, the latest once-weekly drug for people with type 2 diabetes?
Earlier in May, we were encouraged to hear that Dexcom has filed its new Gen 4 CGM sensor with the FDA. The review process typically takes six months or longer, meaning...
Kelly’s take on the maddeningly slow FDA approval process and why things are probably getting better.
Our impression of the keynote talk from Dr. Richard Kahn, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of the ADA.
Insulet recently announced that its second-generation OmniPod had received approval in Europe. Compared to the first-generation OmniPod, the new pod is approximately 40...
Recently, we were excited to hear that Sanofi/AgaMatrix have received FDA clearance for the iBGStar , the first blood glucose monitor that connects directly to an Apple...
While the rest of America was watching the Super Bowl, we were taking in the countryside in Montpellier, France, at first annual European Diabetes Technology and...

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