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Insulet & Dexcom Break Up Over Plans for Next-Gen Integration

By MikeH on February 5, 2013

Many in the Diabetes Community are anxiously awaiting the release of the smaller and sleeker 2nd generation OmniPod, but already we know what a third generation won’t have:
A Pod that’s integrated with a Dexcom CGM sensor.
Yep, it’s true: the two companies say they have abandoned the integration deal they had in place since 2008.
Two executives at Massachusetts-based Insulet Corp., makers of the OmniPod, say they’re no longer working with California-based Dexcom on…

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Sticking with the Dexcom G4?

By AmyT on January 9, 2013

{Editor’s Note: This is not a formal product review, like the one we published in November; this is a post about a personal relationship with a piece of essential technology.}

Just about exactly one year ago, I reported discovering that I was happier when not wearing a CGM. Now the Dexcom G4 has come along and changed my mind, again.
As noted in our 2012 Revelations post, when continuous glucose monitoring is accurate and user-friendly,…

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