The previous-generation sensor originally launched in France last fall. At that time, it covered patients two years and older with type 1 and type 2 diabetes undergoing intensive insulin therapy.
Now, the company can offer its continuous glucose monitor (CGM) technology to people in France aged over two years on on-intensified insulin therapy (less than 3 injections a day) and whose glycaemic control is insufficient (HbA1c ≥ 8%). France becomes the first country in Europe offering full national reimbursement for Dexcom CGM technology for those treating type 2 diabetes with basal injections. The country follows others around the world in that sense, including the U.S. and New Zealand.
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