Savvy Updates 1/16/23: CGM $$$, Insulin Pill Fails, Med School & AI, DIY Loop 3.0, 5-Minute Walks, T1D Kids & School Days
CGM is BIG MONEY!!! How Abbott plans to make its Freestyle Libre a $10B product by Elise Reuter for MedTechDive.com, 10 January 2023. CEO Robert Ford discussed plans to grow the market for Abbott’s continuous glucose monitors and its broader diabetes...
Savvy Updates, 1/2/23: Ozempic Shortages, Artificially Sweetened Drinks & Incontinence, Worldwide Surge in Diabetes, FDA Regulating Practice of Medicine, Happy New Year
Novo Nordisk addresses off-label Ozempic use as it grapples with multiple shortages by Nicole DeFeudis for EndPoints.com, 13 December 2022. On the heels of Wegovy supply troubles, Novo Nordisk is reporting a shortage of its diabetes treatment Ozempic which contains...
Savvy Updates, 11/28/22: Wearable/Stretchable Tracking Devices, iTolerance Tech Without Immunosuppression, PBM Reform HIGH Priority, Allulose, W!LD Winter 2022
How wearable devices with skin-like stretchability may pave way for better health tracking was reported by Nick Paul Taylor for MedTechDive.com, 21 November 2022. The DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory teamed up with the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of...
Savvy Updates, 10/24/22: Omnipod DASH PDM Recall, Insulin Rationing in the US (SHAMEFUL!), Wearable Tech to Charge Devices
Insulet flags battery problem with Omnipod DASH system was posted by Elise Reuter for MedTechDive.com, 17 October 2022. Insulet issued an urgent medical device correction, on 17 October 2022, related to battery problems with a component of its Omnipod...
Savvy Updates, 10/17/22: Dexcom G7 Global Rollout, T2D Drugs Help T1Ds, BefA Gut Bacteria & Beta Cell Production, FDA TAP Pilot Program for New D Devices
Dexcom Announces Global Rollout of G7, as reported by Andrew Briskin for diaTribe.org, 10 October 2022. Dexcom, one of the leading manufacturers of CGM, announced on Oct. 4 that its latest product, the Dexcom G7, is now available for people with diabetes, ages 2...
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