Beta Bionics’ iLet bionic pancreas system significantly increased the percentage of time that adults with Type 1 diabetes spent with glucose levels between 70–180 mg/dl when compared to usual care therapy, according to a new study. The study’s results also suggest that the iLet, using either the Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) Eversense continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) […]
Abbott touts real-world CGM data at diabetes conference
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said today that new data show its FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system significantly reduces hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in certain adults with type 2 diabetes. Presented as a late-breaker at American Diabetes Association (ADA) annual conference in San Francisco, the data represent what Abbott termed the first evaluation of real-world evidence from […]
Could this agreement boost continuous glucose monitor use?
An international panel of patients, physicians and researchers has agreed upon evidence-based target glycemic ranges for people who use continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to control their diabetes. Announced today at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) conference in San Francisco, the International Consensus on Time-in-Range (TIR) was based on data from large pre-CGM clinical trials, CGM […]
Dexcom, Companion Medical will share glucose, insulin data
Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) and Companion Medical have announced a collaboration to enable a direct exchange of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data from Dexcom with insulin data from InPen into both companies’ software applications. Companion made a partnership deal with Glooko this week to integrate data from its InPen smart insulin injection pen into Glooko’s diabetes data […]
Windtree, Eleison tout feasibility study results
Windtree Therapeutics (OTCQB:WINT) and Eleison Pharmaceuticals have announced positive results of a feasibility study using Windtree’s aerosol delivery system (ADS) to deliver Eleison’s inhaled lipid cisplatin (ILC) for lung cancer. In the study, the ADS technology produced in 20 minutes approximately the same volume of aerosolized ILC that required approximately two hours to produce in […]
U.K. says doctors should limit use of paclitaxel devices
U.K. medtech regulators have recommended a ban on routine use of paclitaxel drug-coated balloons (DCBs) and drug-eluting stents in patients with intermittent leg cramps, but held back on recommending the same for patients with critical limb ischemia. U.S., U.K. and French regulators began raising concerns about the risk of increased long-term mortality in people with […]
Beta Bionics starts new trial for bionic pancreas
Boston-based Beta Bionics said this week that the first patients have begun home use of dasiglucagon in a clinical trial of the company’s iLet bionic pancreas system for people with Type 1 diabetes. The iLet device features an autonomous, dual-chamber infusion pump that is powered by dosing algorithms. Using machine learning and data from a continuous […]
Senseonics slides on Q1 loss, maintains outlook for 2019
Shares in Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) fell today after the diabetes-focused device maker posted first-quarter results that missed the consensus forecast on Wall Street. The Germantown, Md.-based company cited positive early feedback on the March launch of its Eversense Bridge Program, which is designed to improve patient access to the company’s Eversense continuous glucose monitoring system. Senseonics […]
Louisiana prisoners may get non-FDA-approved naltrexone implant
This article has been updated to clarify the BioCorRx’s role in the program. The Louisiana Department of Corrections is working with BioCorRx (OTC:BICX) to offer soon-to-be-released inmates an opioid addiction treatment implant that has not been approved by the FDA. The implant, which contains a compounded form of naltrexone, is one of several medication-assisted options being […]
Intersect ENT wins preliminary CMS reimbursement code
Shares in Intersect ENT (NSDQ:XENT) got a boost yesterday on news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had assigned the company’s Sinuva corticosteroid-eluting sinus implant a preliminary J-code. Intersect ENT stock, which had been bumping along just under $30 per share last week, jumped to $33.13 per share at Monday’s market open, […]
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