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FDA and Device Makers Reach Deal
The Food and Drug Administration has reached an agreement with medical device makers that should increase the speed in which they evaluate new devices. The much maligned approval process has long been thought to be slow and unpredictable. For the last decade, the FDA has accepted company payments to supplement it's budget and create a smoother process, totaling $295 million in the last agreement. This new deal raises that budget to $595 million over the next five years, allowing the FDA to hire 200 new scientist.
Dexcom and Tandem Partner Up
DexCom and Tandem Diabetes Care have a CGM Development and Commercialization Agreement to integrate the Dexcom's future generation sensor into the t:slim Insulin Delivery System. The t:slim, the first touch-screen insulin pump, has FDA approval but is not on the market yet. The announcement also mentions "future generations of the sensor", so it may be awhile before we see the systems actually working together.
Think Like A Pancreas
Gary Scheiner, a certified diabetes educator and himself an insulin user since 1985, understands professionally and personally the challenges, frustrations, and day-to-day struggles of living with diabetes. Now, Think Like a Pancreas gives you the tools to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to your body's everchanging needs. Comprehensive yet organized, and written in terms that everyone can relate to, this completely revised and updated edition is packed with up-to-date information on the most critical topics in basal/bolus insulin therapy, including:
Diabetes Conferences, Meetings & Events
Children With Diabetes
People from nearly every state in the U.S. and a dozen countries travel to attend the CWD conferences. Participants include children, parents, grandparents, and young adults. This year's upcoming conferences should be a success as well.
GLP-1 agonist, like Byetta and Bydureon can help treat Type 2 Diabetes.
GLP-1 or glucagon-like peptide 1 is one of several naturally occurring incretin compounds that possess biologic activity when released from the gut during digestion. Because of its name, GLP-1 would seem to act like glucagon, which is a hormone that increases glucose production by the liver and raises glucose levels. Rather, GLP-1 lowers both glucagon and glucose levels. Though their actions differ, GLP-1 and glucagon are both derived from the same parent compound called proglucagon, hence the similarity in name.
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