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Samsung could battle Apple over non-invasive glucose monitors

January 23, 2024 By Sean Whooley

Samsung Galaxy Watch photo

Bloomberg reports that Samsung has eyes on developing non-invasive glucose monitoring technology, potentially pitting it against Apple. The report says the electronics company wants to develop continuous blood pressure checking along with glucose monitoring. It comes as part of an effort to incorporate health features in Samsung devices, like its Galaxy Ring, Bloomberg says. Hon Pak, […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Patient Monitoring, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Samsung

The 10 biggest diabetes tech stories from 2023

December 27, 2023 By Sean Whooley

2023 biggest diabetes technology stories

It was another banner year for diabetes technology, with regulatory approvals, product launches and M&A all playing their part. Diabetes technology’s impressive 12 months marked a major trend across medtech as a whole, too. In 2022, the diabetes space saw plenty of progress from some of its biggest names and this past year proved no […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Technology Tagged With: abbott, Apple, Beta Bionics, Bigfoot Biomedical, Dexcom, Insulet, Medtronic, Tandem Diabetes Care

Report: Apple moves forward with glucose monitoring tech

February 23, 2023 By Sean Whooley

Apple Watch continuous glucose monitoring CGM

Apple reportedly believes it could shake up the CGM market with non-invasive glucose monitoring through the Apple Watch. Blooomberg reported that the company has a “moonshot-style” project in the works, according to “sources familiar with the matter.” The report said the tech giant still has years ahead in this development of the technology, which wouldn’t […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Featured, Patient Monitoring, Technology Tagged With: abbott, Apple, Dexcom

Johnson & Johnson, Apple ink collab for AFib study

January 17, 2019 By Sarah Faulkner

Updated Janssen logo

Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ) Janssen and Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) said today that the two companies inked a deal to study if an app from J&J in combination with the Apple Watch’s ECG app and irregular rhythm notifications can improve outcomes for people living with atrial fibrillation. The study is slated to measure the impact of the Apple Watch […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, mHealth (Mobile Health), Pharmaceuticals, Vascular, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Apple, janssen, johnsonandjohnson

One Drop wirelessly connects to Apple Watch

September 12, 2018 By Nancy Crotti

One Drop

One Drop said today that its wireless blood glucose monitoring system can now connect directly to Apple Watch, making it the first diabetes company’s system to do so. One Drop was also the first such company to launch a companion Apple Watch app, but until now, users had to manually log blood glucose, food, medication, […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Technology, Uncategorized Tagged With: Apple, onedrop

How the Apple Watch & other wearables could help highlight early signs of diabetes

February 7, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner

diabetes

Researchers have found that using Cardiogram‘s deep neural network technology, data collected from ordinary wearables could help flag early signs of diabetes. In one 14,000-person study, the company’s DeepHeart technology was able to distinguish between people with and without diabetes at 85% accuracy. Investigators from Cardiogram and the University of California San Francisco presented the […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Diagnostics, Featured, mHealth (Mobile Health) Tagged With: Apple, cardiogram, fitbit

Tax holiday could ignite more pharma M&A

December 6, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Capitol Hill

(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to incentivize U.S. companies to repatriate their swelling overseas cash piles could spur a new wave of dealmaking in a pharmaceutical industry seeking to buy its way into growth. For years, big U.S. drugmakers have turned to acquisitions of foreign companies to put their overseas cash to work, […]

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, Pharmaceuticals, Policy, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Allergan, Amgen, Apple, Biogen Idec, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Eli Lilly & Co., Gilead Sciences, johnsonandjohnson, Pfizer Inc.

Report: Apple looks at iPhone for monitoring Parkinson’s patients

November 17, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Report: Apple looks at iPhone for monitoring Parkinson's patients

Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is reportedly conducting internal research into whether its iPhone and Apple Watch could be used to monitor drug dosage and wellness data for patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease. The company hopes to show the effectiveness of mobile monitoring, sources told Fast Company.  Patients who suffer from Parkinson’s disease may only visit their doctor at 6-month intervals, which […]

Filed Under: Featured, mHealth (Mobile Health), Patient Monitoring, Research & Development, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Roche, Samsung

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