By
MikeH on
September 5, 2012
Q) What looks like a USB stick but has a bright color screen, wirelessly communicates with Medtronic insulin pumps, and is more accurate than your average glucometer?
A) It’s a brand new meter called the Contour Next Link, co-developed by Medtronic and Bayer and announced on Tuesday through a news release sent to some Diabetes Online Community members and via Medtronic’s blog, The Loop. We reached out to PR directors at both companies to learn…
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By
AmyT on
September 20, 2010
I’m a huge Crystal Bowersox fan. Personally, I think this husky-voiced “busker” should have won this year’s American Idol competition, but it’s still freakin’ amazing to take 2nd place in this larger-than-life national competition.
Those of you who follow entertainment news (or this blog) know by now that Crystal is “one of us” — a person with diabetes (PWD). She’s a type 1 and insulin pumper, currently using her new-found fame to help fellow PWDs.…
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{Note: this two-part series is aimed as much at Pharma as at patients. If you work in the industry, please read.}
If the emphasis among diabetes systems vendors last year at the annual American Diabetes Association Conference was “data visualization,” then this year’s was “data interpretation.“ I am 100% more enthused about the latter, and I’ll tell you why.
It seemed that last year, all the big players — J&J, Medtronic, Abbott Diabetes, Roche, and…
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