By
AmyT on
September 23, 2010
Earlier this week, Novo Nordisk released results of a sweeping new survey about how patients — both type 1 and type 2 — struggle with insulin therapy, and what doctors accredit that to.
Entitled the Global Attitudes of Patients and Physicians in Insulin Therapy (GAPPTM), the survey was conducted among almost 3,000 physicians and patients in eight countries “with the objective to learn what they perceive to be the biggest functional and emotional unfulfilled needs…
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By
AmyT on
March 31, 2010
Today, Sanofi-Aventis announced that it’s getting into the glucose meter manufacturing business, by partnering with a small company known for highly accurate meter technology, AgaMatrix (makers of WaveSense products, based on a patented electrochemistry formula).
Reports say the new Sanofi-branded meters will be out later this year, and that this move is part of a larger strategy to help Sanofi offer a “full diabetes management solution” — beyond its insulins, Lantus and Apidra, and the…
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By
AmyT on
December 24, 2009
Wishing you and yours a wonderful long weekend.
By way of season’s greetings, a favorite scene from a Christmas classic:
See? You don’t’ have to celebrate Christmas yourself to enjoy this majorly frolicsome film — although you do have to be American, it seems. My German husband didn’t find it funny at all. (Don’t know what you’re missin’, Buddy)
And btw, here’s what that precious Red Ryder BB gun might have looked like if little…
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By
AmyT on
October 16, 2008
Who here uses an insulin pen? Tired of having to screw the needles on and off? You might be very interested a new product from Can-Am Care called ClickFine, precision Swiss-made pen needles with patented technology that lets you click them on and off instantly.
What’s the big deal, you ask? Well, I personally switched from a Novo Nordisk Junior pen to an insulin pump about a year and a half ago, but I do…
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