The global market for connected insulin pens could be worth up to $123 million by 2023, according to a report published this year by Research & Markets. Insulin pens, designed for people who control their diabetes with multiple daily injections instead of a pump or wearable patch, are portable devices that were first introduced in 1985 with […]
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Welcome to MassDevice's Diabetes Hub, your resource for the latest news in diabetes technology. Stay informed about the innovations and business news shaping the diabetes device industry.
Here are top diabetes features from MassDevice and its sister publications (and scroll down to read the latest diabetes device news from MassDevice):
+ These diabetes devices are set to launch in 2024
+ The top IVD and diabetes tech stories of 2023
+ How Dexcom designed a new “life-changing” sensor for even more people with diabetes
+ Embecta CEO sees GLP-1 opportunities as company progresses on insulin patch pump
+ The 10 biggest diabetes tech stories from 2023
Latest Diabetes News
Johnson & Johnson moves closer to exiting the diabetes business with $2.1B LifeScan sale
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) took another step toward the exit door for the diabetes business, agreeing to a $2,1 billion offer from private equity shop Platinum Equity for its LifeScan blood glucose monitoring unit. The New Brunswick, N.J.-based healthcare conglomerate early last year announced a strategic review of its LifeScan, Animas and Calibra Medical diabetes businesses and later […]
8 women medtech innovators you need to know
As we celebrate more women becoming medtech leaders and paving the way for innovation, it’s important to remember the many accomplishments women have already made when it comes to the advancement of health and medicine. X-rays on the battlefield, the American Red Cross, leprosy treatment and more — these advances happened because of women. As […]
Glooko touts patient outcomes for remote diabetes care tech
Glooko touted data today from a six-month pilot program that evaluated the company’s remote diabetes management technology for people with Type II diabetes. The pilot, which spanned from April until October of 2016, involved 50 Type II diabetes patients from San Diego, Calif.-based Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group. The medical group evaluated patient engagement, A1c levels, LDL, […]
Senseonics tops Q4 EPS estimates, misses sales expectations
Shares in Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) closed down -3% yesterday after the medical device maker met earnings expectations on Wall Street with its fourth quarter and full-year financial results, but narrowly missed sales estimates. The Germantown, Md.-based company posted a net loss of -$16.3 million, or -12¢ per share, on sales of $2.9 million for the 3 months ended […]
Judge rips into Abbott’s diabetes test strip supplier over discovery fraud
A supplier that sells an international version of Abbott‘s (NYSE:ABT) FreeStyle Diabetes test strips committed discovery fraud when it forked over only a select group of relevant documents last year, according to a U.S. magistrate judge. Lois Bloom ruled that the supplier, H&H, lost the right to invoke attorney-client privilege when it is deposed about […]
Medtech’s existential crisis and how it can survive
Executives in medtech and other life sciences companies view digital health startups and high tech giants as an existential threat. To compete, they’re going to have to invest in or acquire customer engagement and personalization skills usually associated with online retailers and social networking sites, according to a new report out today from EY. The […]
Medtronic wins FDA nod for connected, predictive CGM system
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that its Guardian Connect continuous glucose monitoring system won FDA approval for people with diabetes ages 14 to 75. The medtech titan touted its system as the first connected standalone CGM designed to help people with diabetes avoid high and low glucose events. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug […]
Insulet nabs spot as in-network provider with UnitedHealthcare
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) and UnitedHealthcare (NYSE:UNH) inked a new network relationship last week, giving people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s commercial and Medicaid plans in-network coverage for Insulet’s Omnipod insulin delivery device. Patients can also benefit from quicker care as doctors are now utilizing VidOvation iptv as a means of video communication. “Through this new relationship, we are working together to help people […]
Valeritas takes on multiple daily insulin injections with wearable V-Go device
There are millions of Americans with Type II diabetes and many of them take multiple daily injections of insulin, using two injection pens – one for mealtime insulin and one for insulin throughout the day. But studies have found that people with Type II diabetes are willing to skip insulin injections if they have to […]
Patent board upholds AgaMatrix’s CGM patents in Dexcom IP spat
The legal back and forth between Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) and AgaMatrix over the companies’ continuous glucose monitoring IP dates back to March of 2016, when AgaMatrix launched a patent infringement lawsuit against the San Diego, Calif.-based manufacturer in the U.S. District Court of Oregon. Later that year, Dexcom filed for inter parters review with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, […]