Updated to include a statement from Abbott.
Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) touted data today from a head-to-head trial comparing its G5 mobile continuous glucose monitoring system with Abbott‘s (NYSE:ABT) recently-approved FreeStyle Libre Flash glucose monitoring system.
The I-Hart study, which enrolled 40 people with Type I diabetes, found that Dexcom’s device reduced patients’ time spent in hypoglycemia by 43 minutes, while Abbott’s system increased patients’ time spent in hypoglycemia by 19 minutes.
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