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AmyT on
January 19, 2010
Last week, I spent a little bit of time at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, a nearly-thirty-year-old annual gathering that’s become “the health care industry’s premier financial event, giving more than 330 companies a chance to make formal pitches to institutional investors.” Due to a houseful of sickies at home, I wasn’t able to attend as many presentations as I’d have liked, but I did catch a few of the “biggies,” including the talk by…
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AmyT on
January 13, 2010
Very big news in the diabetes world today, Folks: the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has announced a partnership with insulin pump makers Animas Corp. (a Johnson & Johnson company) to actually start building the first ready-for-market artificial pancreas, i.e. “a fully automated system to dispense insulin … based on real-time changes in blood sugar levels.” DexCom will provide the continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology for the new system being developed.
I was fortunate to…
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AmyT on
January 4, 2010
Over the holidays, hubby and I managed to slip away for one-night romantic getaway, and I finally did it! (Check your imaginations at the door, Guys – nothing kinky) I finally decided to enjoy a hot and steamy jacuzzi session without worrying about my OmniPod. Not where it was, or wasn’t, or what was happening to the fragile insulin inside.
This February will mark my three-year anniversary wearing the thing, and I love the freedom…
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AmyT on
December 14, 2009
By far the most positive thing that has come out of getting this stupid chronic illness is meeting incredible people. Who knew there were so many wonderful kindred spirits out there, before I began connecting with others who struggle all day every day with carb counts and insulin dosing calcs and potentially dangerous blood sugar lows?
What I’m getting at is that I had the chance to meet another of these kindred souls in the…
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AmyT on
November 3, 2009
Welcome to another “Where Are They Now?” update on a DiabetesMine Design Challenge entrant. This year, we received a paper entry on PicoSulin, a “revolutionary miniature insulin pump with direct Penfill Cartridge loading.”
I heard from the Geneva, Switzerland-based company last week that their website is now live, presenting in particular a new patch pump model (OmniPod competitor) they’re working on called the PicoPatch.
What’s unique about both products is their tiny size and…
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