Abbott (NYSE:ABT) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) announced today that they launched a joint community health partnership in Ohio. The community initiative — the first under the ADA’s Health Equity Now platform — will launch in Columbus, Ohio, and be conducted with the National Center for Urban Solutions (NCUS) in an effort to better […]
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Medtronic commits to helping people of color with diabetes
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it entered multiple partnerships to help improve health equity for people of color living with diabetes. Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic committed investments in partnerships with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the T1D Exchange, along with additional research efforts, to better understand and address such disparities, according to a news release. Get […]
Abbott, Medtronic go head-to-head at ADA conference
Major medtech companies vied for the biggest news splash at this year’s annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association, announcing promising results from studies of patients who used their latest diabetes technology. The virtual 80th Annual American Diabetes Association Virtual Scientific Sessions, which runs through Tuesday, so far has featured news out of Abbott (NYSE:ABT) and Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and several smaller […]
Medtronic touts results of latest MiniMed studies at ADA
The latest generation of the Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) MiniMed insulin pump met both safety and glycemic endpoints in a study presented today at the American Diabetes Association’s virtual annual conference. The MiniMed 780G closed-loop system is indicated for treating Type 1 diabetes in people aged 7 to 80 years old. It is designed to automate the delivery of […]
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 […]
