The nominees for the best medical technology of 2017 were recently announced for the 11th Annual Prix Galien USA Awards. The Galien Foundation, the host of the awards, hands out the Prix Galien Award annually to examples of outstanding biomedical and technology product achievement designed to improve human condition. Before candidates can qualify for the […]
Diabetes
Insulet, Dexcom partner to lure ex-Animas users
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) and Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) yesterday floated a joint promotion aimed at luring users of the Animas insulin pump after Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) bails out of the insulin pump biz. The companies are hoping to chip off a piece of the diabetes market from Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), to which J&J has offered to help some 90,000 Animas patients transfer (J&J is also evaluating another […]
FDA committee backs Novo Nordisk’s once-weekly type II diabetes drug
An FDA advisory committee has voted favorably to approve Novo Nordisk‘s (NYSE:NVO) once-weekly semaglutide Type II diabetes drug. Shares in the insulin maker were up 2% in after-hours activity today, trading at $50.13 apiece. While one member of the FDA’s endocrinologic and metabolic drugs advisory committee abstained from voting, the other members voted 16-0 to […]
DarioHealth wins CE Mark for glucose meter that connects to iPhone 7, 8 devices
DarioHealth (NSDQ:DRIO) said today that it won CE Mark approval for the version of its Dario blood glucose monitoring system that fits with the Lightning connector on Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 smart phones. With this regulatory win, DarioHealth’s smart glucose meter can be used with a 3.5 mm headphone jack or Lightning connector, the […]
OptiScan’s glucose monitoring system for the ICU wins 510(k) clearance
OptiScan Biomedical said today that its OptiScanner 5000 glucose monitoring system won 510(k) clearance. The device is the first of its kind, providing physicians with trending and tracking information to manage their patients’ blood glucose levels in surgical intensive care units. The Hayward, Calif.-based company’s technology uses alarms to alert clinicians when patients are experiencing […]
Adventist Health System to use Glytec’s diabetes management system at 39 acute care facilities
Glytec has partnered with Adventist Health System to bring its eGlycemic diabetes management system to 39 of the health system’s acute care facilities. Glytec’s cloud-based eGMS will become a part of the standard of care for patients who need insulin therapy, in both the critical care units and on the medical-surgical floor, the companies said. […]
Researchers combine a smart phone, insulin pump and CGM in diabetes study
In a study published this week in Diabetes Care, researchers combined an insulin pump, a continuous glucose monitoring receiver and a smart phone with cloud-based algorithms to automatically monitor and adjust a patient’s glucose levels. The team pointed towards a number of systems that are designed to function as an artificial pancreas, but still require that […]
Insulet shareholder sues over OmniPod Eros
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) shareholder Frank Carnazza filed a derivative suit against the Billerica, Mass-based company last week in a Massachusetts federal court, alleging that Insulet misrepresented the success of its OmniPod Eros roll-out in 2013, which eventually caused the shares in the company to plummet. Carnazza named a number of former and current executives in the suit, […]
Tandem prices $16m public offering
Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) today priced an underwritten public offering of 4,630,000 shares of its common stock, Series A warrants and Series B warrants to buy 4,630,000 shares of common stock at $3.50 apiece. The San Diego, Calif.-based company said it expects to bring in $16.2 million in gross proceeds from the offering. The offering’s Series […]
Here’s how the diabetes industry’s leaders think about patient-centered R&D
Designing devices centered around patients is a goal espoused by nearly all device companies nowadays, as they aim to make products that people want to use and can incorporate into their everyday lives. Underscoring those products is often years of research and some in the industry have begun to think about how a patient’s needs […]
