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quotable quotes - December 2011

Updated: 8/14/21 11:00 amPublished: 12/1/11

"You can’t stare at your CGM 24 hours a day. A computer can."
- Aaron Kowalski, PhD (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New York, NY) on the artificial pancreas on JDRF’s World Diabetes Day Webcast.

"I don’t think we’ll ever be perfect, but that shouldn’t be the enemy of the good."
- Bruce Buckingham, MD (Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA) on the high expectations for the artificial pancreas at the Diabetes Technology Meeting, Burlingame, CA, October 29, 2011.

"I do think it’s getting better, but it’s still not right. I’m not overly optimistic, but the signs are there. We’ve gotten a few approvals in fewer than 30 days. It makes me encouraged."
- Michael J. Billig (Experien Group, Sunnyvale, CA) on the improving regulatory environment at the JDRF Silicon Valley Panel, East Palo Alto, CA, November 18, 2011.

"In this environment, we need to shift from a mindset of ensuring drug safety to one of assuring a favorable risk benefit profile, where … seriousness of events and patients’ views of acceptable risk drive benefit-risk tradeoffs."
- Sanjay Kaul, MD (Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA) at the American Heart Association meeting, Orlando, FL, November 15, 2011.

"When you see that high number on the meter – it’s just a number. It’s not a statement of self esteem."
- Bill Polonsky, PhD, CDE (Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA) at TEDx Del Mar, San Diego, CA, October 15, 2011.

"Between 2011 and 2030, cases of diabetes in Africa will increase 90%, followed by the Middle East/North Africa (+83%), Southeast Asia (+69%), South/Central America (+59%), the Western Pacific (+42%), Europe (+22%), and North America/Caribbean (+36%)."
- The International Diabetes Federation’s Diabetes Atlas (Fifth Edition), released November 14, 2011 and available at http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas

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