Abbott, Dexcom settle global CGM patent litigation by Sean Whooley for DrugDeliveryBsuiness.com, 23 December 2024.
Abbott announced that it reached an agreement with Dexcom to settle all outstanding patent disputes between companies. The patent litigation relates to the companies’ continuous glucose monitor (CGM) technologies.
News of the settlement comes within a few weeks of a Unified Patent Court decision that sided with Abbott following a CGM patent infringement claim from Dexcom. Dexcom requested that the court find infringement with the LibreLinkUp remote analyte monitoring system. The court revoked EP282 in its entirety across the contracting member states in Europe as specified by Abbott’s request. It dismissed all of Dexcom’s infringement claims based on the patent at issue.
In a news release, Abbott said the agreement to settle results in the dismissal of all pending cases in courts and patent offices worldwide. It also includes a provision that the parties will not litigate patent, trade dress, and design rights disputes with each other for the next 10 years. The settlement includes no financial payments from either company. The company said details of the settlement remain confidential.
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Lowest Paid Medical Specialties in 2024 by MedSchoolInsiders.com, 12 October 2024.
While a neurosurgeon makes over $750,000 dollars a year, the vast majority of medical specialties do not come with such a high paycheck. In fact, the gap between the lowest paid and highest-paid medical specialties is over $400,000.
In position #5, Endocrinology, earning $291,481 per year.
Endocrinologists have a good work-life balance thanks to their regular and reasonable hours. Even if they have inpatient duties and are on call, these duties typically aren’t intense or high-volume. On the downside, it takes a long time to become an endocrinologist, considering their relatively low medical salary. You’ll need 3 years of internal medicine residency, followed by 2 to 3 years of endocrinology fellowship for 5 to 6 years post-medical school.
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Happy New Year from The Savvy Diabetic … with a little bit of humor found throughout the community! Enjoy, celebrate and be safe with best wishes for a fun, exciting, successful, healthy and happy 2025!
“New Year, New Lancets, Same Unstoppable Spirit!”
Here’s to a fresh start that’s so sweet, your glucose monitor will think it’s on vacation! May 2024 bring you fewer finger pricks, stable blood sugars, and endless reasons to celebrate (sugar-free confetti, anyone?). You’re rocking Type 1 like a pro—so let’s toast to another awesome year of tackling life one bolus at a time.
