Ascensia Diabetes Care today announced its plans to recognize World Diabetes Day 2024 with a virtual diabetes campaign. World Diabetes Day — Nov. 14 — recognizes the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting. Banting discovered the insulin hormone along with Charles Herbert Best in 1922. November is also the American Diabetes Association’s National Diabetes Awareness Month. […]
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What diabetes tech companies are doing on World Diabetes Day 2024
World Diabetes Day — today, Nov. 14 — brings out the best in the diabetes community that continues to innovate year after year. This date serves as a time to recognize these innovations as it marks the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting. Banting discovered the insulin hormone along with Charles Herbert Best in 1922. The […]
Senseonics, Ascensia launch Eversense 365 year-long CGM in the U.S.
Ascensia Diabetes Care announced today that it launched the Eversense 365 CGM system from Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) in the U.S. Eversense 365, an implantable continuous glucose monitor (CGM), is indicated for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes aged 18 years and older. Senseonics announced last month that it received FDA clearance for Eversense 365. With […]
Senseonics wins FDA nod for 365-day implantable CGM
Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) announced today that it received FDA clearance for its next-generation Eversense 365 CGM system. Eversense 365, an implantable continuous glucose monitor (CGM), becomes the world’s first 365-day CGM system, according to the company. Its indications cover people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes aged 18 years and older. The system also received clearance […]
The steps ahead for the Eversense implantable CGM platform
As Senseonics and Ascensia Diabetes Care looked for someone to help scale their CGM business, they turned to someone had only just retired. After close to eight years as Tandem Diabetes Care CCO, Brian Hansen notified the company of his decision to step down last August. His final day landed on Dec. 31, but he […]
Senseonics wins integrated CGM designation from FDA, can work with insulin pumps
The FDA today granted integrated CGM (iCGM) designation to the Eversense continuous glucose monitoring system from Senseonics (NYSE:SENS). With this designation, Eversense becomes the first fully implantable device in the category. Senseonics can now market the long-term CGM through the FDA’s de novo pathway. This establishes the special controls serving as a predicate device for […]
Ascensia, Senseonics announce new CGM cost savings
Ascensia Diabetes Care and Senseonics today announced an extension to their Eversense Payment Assistance and Simple Savings (PASS) program. The program aims to help people in the U.S. access the Eversense E3 continuous glucose monitor (CGM) more affordably. It offers major savings for eligible individuals looking to experience the benefits of the long-term, implantable CGM. […]
Senseonics earns expanded Medicare coverage for long-term implantable CGM
Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) and Ascensia Diabetes Care today announced expanded Medicare coverage for the Eversense E3 CGM system. Medicare implemented Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) providing access to implantable CGM for basal-only patients. It significantly expands access to Senseonics’ long-term (six months) implantable glucose monitor. The expansion for implantable CGMs includes all people with diabetes using insulin. […]
Former Tandem CCO joins Ascensia as president of CGM
Ascensia Diabetes Care parent company PHC Holdings and Senseonics announced today that Ascensia named Brian Hansen its president of CGM. Hansen’s appointment to the newly created role at the global distributor of Senseonics’ Eversense CGM went into effect today, Feb. 6. Responsibilities for Hansen include the global commercialization and growth of the Eversense system. The fully […]
Here’s what diabetes tech companies are doing on World Diabetes Day
Every November, the diabetes community comes together to recognize both National Diabetes Month in the U.S. and World Diabetes Day. World Diabetes Day falls on today, Nov. 14, to mark the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting. Banting discovered the insulin hormone along with Charles Herbert Best in 1922. In an effort to drive awareness and […]
