Sanofi-aventis, makers of Lantus long-acting insulin and Apidra rapid-acting insulin, has teamed up with AgaMatrix, which manufacturers the WaveSense brand of blood...
Type 1 Diabetes News
Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic condition in which your body loses the ability to produce insulin, which is necessary for most cells to convert food into energy and regulate blood sugar levels.
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As we wrote in our New Now Next column in diaTribe #25, Dexcom is developing several new continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technologies, including a fourth-generation...
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James Hirsch details the life of insulin’s original poster child, Elizabeth Evans Hughes – and what we can glean from her story today.
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The Diabetes Hands Foundation and the Joslin Diabetes Center recently teamed up to develop the first health-centric Facebook game, HealthSeeker , sponsored by Boehringer...
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Insulet, which makes the OmniPod disposable insulin pump, has submitted a next-generation OmniPod for FDA review. The new pod is approximately 40% smaller than the...
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Pass the streusel: the 45th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria.
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Recently, the diaTribe team attended the annual Diabetes Technology Society conference here in San Francisco. Several people from academia and the pharma industry...
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Kelly puts the spotlight on Senior Editor Jim Hirsch: his career as an author, his prolific history at diaTribe , and his reflections on World Diabetes Day.
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In unfortunate news, Biodel’s ultra-rapid-acting insulin Linjeta (formerly known as VIAJect; see Learning Curve in diaTribe #9 and Conference Pearls in diaTribe #26)...
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Kerri Morrone Sparling discusses what an active patient she was while under the captivity of bed rest.
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The Liberty Science Center in Jersey City (in the New York metropolitan area) will be featuring what sounds like quite a compelling diabetes exhibit from April 1 to May...
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Kelly spotlights the powerful emotions surrounding continuous glucose monitoring, and she uncovers big changes at the JDRF and what they mean for you.
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Earlier this month, Eli Lilly and the German pharmaceutical Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) announced a major partnership to co-develop and co-commercialize several of their...
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Former ADA President Dr. John Buse offers a take on the ADA and FDA and weighs in on the current regulatory environment and healthcare reform.
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Virtually everyone finds diabetes management challenging on some level – for many, test strips and meters can be a hassle, and lancing your finger may still be painful,...
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Jim Hirsch on why educational exhibits will never fully capture the complexities, difficulties, and emotions of the diabetic experience.
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Asante’s Pearl insulin pump has received FDA clearance and CE Mark approval. In welcome news, Asante Solutions received FDA clearance for its new Pearl insulin pump in...
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All this talk about healthcare reform got us thinking...