Savvy Updates 4/1/24: Pig Kidney Transplanted into Human, Mini Dose with Glucagon, Sleep Apnea & T1D, 15% Medical Claims Denied,AMA Urged by Congress, Why Melted Cheese Tastes GOOD

Savvy Updates 4/1/24: Pig Kidney Transplanted into Human, Mini Dose with Glucagon, Sleep Apnea & T1D, 15% Medical Claims Denied,AMA Urged by Congress, Why Melted Cheese Tastes GOOD

Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney Into a Patient, a Medical Milestone by Roni Caryn Rabin for NYTImes.com, 21 March 2024. Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If...
Savvy Updates 3/11/24: Sensulin Smart Insulin, Roche CGM, PBMs Not Compliant, Minutia Cell-based Nanosensors, Change Healthcare Hacked, Patient-centered Diabetes Care,

Savvy Updates 3/11/24: Sensulin Smart Insulin, Roche CGM, PBMs Not Compliant, Minutia Cell-based Nanosensors, Change Healthcare Hacked, Patient-centered Diabetes Care,

Sensulin’s Biotech Dream Team Is Bringing the Lowest-Cost Smart Insulin to Market by StartUp Health for HealthTransformer.co, 7 March 2024. Sensulin’s idea to create a “smart insulin” (glucose-responsive insulin or “GRI”) is not new. Three of the company’s co-founders...
Savvy Updates 3/4/24: KnowU NI CGM, Vicentra’s Kaleido (tiny) Insulin Pump, MicroGlucagon, Abbott/Dexcom CGM Patents Battle, Tandem, Insulet, Medtronic Tubeless Pumps, BEWARE Facebook Scam, Life for a Child

Savvy Updates 3/4/24: KnowU NI CGM, Vicentra’s Kaleido (tiny) Insulin Pump, MicroGlucagon, Abbott/Dexcom CGM Patents Battle, Tandem, Insulet, Medtronic Tubeless Pumps, BEWARE Facebook Scam, Life for a Child

Know Labs unveils non-invasive glucose monitor KnowU for GlobalData.com, February 2024.  (Check back soon for a review of many of the more likely non-invasive CGMS in development!) Know Labs has announced the launch of KnowU, its latest wearable non-invasive...
Savvy Updates 2/27/24: Medtrum Nano CGM “Not Great”, Autoimmune Diseases Curable?, Sensotrend.com, FDA TAP Program Expanded, Interview with Prof. Lutz Heinemann, Final Week Book Give-Away

Savvy Updates 2/27/24: Medtrum Nano CGM “Not Great”, Autoimmune Diseases Curable?, Sensotrend.com, FDA TAP Program Expanded, Interview with Prof. Lutz Heinemann, Final Week Book Give-Away

Medtrum Nano CGM… A tale of two sensors by Tim Street for Diabettech.com, 20 February 2024. Recently, Medtrum introduced the Nano, which has to vie for the title of “Smallest CGM currently available”. It has a very small form factor. Its first release, earlier in 2023...
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

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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