Savvy Outrage: US Drug Prices 800x the Cost from India!!!
This is just outrageous! I just have to share … and ask for wisdom. I take a medication for inflammatory arthritis … and I am covered by Medicare. Medicare is prevented from “negotiating” drugs pricing, due the the Kickback laws. If...
Savvy Updates 1/22/24: embecta Patch Pump Submits to FDA, Apple Redesigns Smart Watch, SiBionics GCM Not Accurate Enough, Dr. Jeremy Pettus/Microdosing w/Glucagon, SERIOUS DKA Advice, CMS Changes Rules on Prior Authorization, Fruit Bats & New T1D Treatments
embecta Announces FDA 510(k) Submission for Insulin Patch Pump announced by Embecta, 9 January 2024. Embecta Corp., a global diabetes care company with a 100-year legacy in insulin delivery, announced that it has submitted a 510(k) premarket filing to the U.S. Food...
Savvy FEATURE! Truman, the Pup with T1D, is LOOPING! Plus Update on Quincy, the Koala Bear on CGM
Hello Truman! It’s so wonderful to meet you! Please meet Catherina Pinnaro, MD/Pediatric Endocrinology and Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa Health Care. And please meet her neighbor’s (Shannon Christensen) pup, 13-year-old Truman...
Savvy Updates 1/15/24: t:slim X2 Integrates with Libre 2, Vertex Pauses VX-880 Trial, Dexcom to Launch CGM for T2Ds, Loneliness of T1D carers, NEW US-based TRIAL: Diamyd
Tandem integrates t:slim X2 insulin pump with Abbott’s FreeStyle sensor on GlobalData.com, 9 January 2024. Abbott has announced that Tandem Diabetes Care’s t:slim X2 insulin pump has become the first automated insulin delivery (AID) system to integrate with its...
Savvy Updates 1/8/24: PharmSens Submits for Patch Pump, FDA OKs Florida to Import Drugs from Canada, Battery-Independent Fluorescent Nanosensor in Development, Heat & Hypo Risk in Older T1Ds, GlucoTrack Implantable BG Monitor Trials, Apple Watches Back on Sale
PharmaSens submits insulin patch pump for FDA approval PharmaSens announced that it applied for FDA approval for its Niia Essential insulin patch pump system. FDA submission follows the pump’s recent ISO 13485 certification for the Switzerland-based company. This...
Savvy Updates, 1/2/24: Apple Stops Selling Series 9/Ultra2, Smart Insulin Research, Zealand & Glucagon, Nightscout App in Top 10, Afrezza Hacks, Docs & EMR Messaging, Off-Topic – Toast
Apple to halt sales of some Apple Watches in US by Samantha Murphy Kelly for CNN.com, 18 December 2023. Apple plans to stop selling some versions of the Apple Watch in the United States to get ahead of what could be one of the most momentous patent disputes in...
Savvy Updates 12/18/23: Ultra-fast & Smart Insulins?, Non-Insulin Meds in T1D, Kickbacks/Formulary Exclusions for CGMs, MERRY HOLIDAYS!!!
UltraFast and Smart insulins: What’s coming, maybe? 3 years ago, the DIY Loop and Learn community hosted Dr. Michael Weiss, from Indiana University and founder of Thermalin, to discuss his work on smart insulins. I’ve reached out for an update...
Savvy Updates, 12/11/23: Beta Bionics iLet & Dexcom G7, Medtronic Nixes EOFlow Agreement, Insulin-Secreting Skin Implant, Causes of Type 1 Diabetes, Global D Burden in Older Adults, Diet Sodas & Liver Disease, Cannabis & T1D, Holiday Carb Counts
With Beta Bionics collab, Dexcom lines up G7 sensor’s 2nd insulin pump partner by Andrea Park for FierceBioTech.com, 8 December 2023. Beta Bionics revealed that its technology has been tapped to link with the G7 continuous glucose monitor. The resulting automated...
Savvy Updates 12/4/23: Omnipod5 Bolus Error, Kaleido Launches Hybrid Closed-Loop with Diabeloop & Dexcom, AZ’s Attorney General Sues PBMs & Insulin Manufacturers Re Insulin Pricing, Unomedical Recalls Tandem Infusion Sets, Arecor Develops UltraFast Insulins, Insulin Makers Use Strategies Extending Market Exclusivity
Omnipod5 app “bug” reported, 1 December 2023. Extracts from an email to @Insulet_UK: #Omnipod5 users describing an issue with the bolus calculator not recognizing the “.” if a bolus of less than 1u is entered without...
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