Tag: Diabetes
Abbott’s Freestyle Libre 2 iCGM Receives FDA Clearance For Adults And Children With Diabetes...
Abbott, the worldwide leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), received FDA clearance for its FreeStyle Libre 2 integrated continuous glucose monitoring (iCGM) system for adults and children ages 4 and older with diabetes. FreeStyle Libre 2 is the only iCGM system with optional real-time alarms that measures glucose levels every minute, meeting the highest level […]
Innovosens’ Diabetes Monitoring Technology May Help In Early Detection Of COVID-19
Innovosens AB, the innovative developer of a next generation wearable monitoring device for diabetics, is working on preliminary investigations which indicate that its proprietary technology could be applied in the fight against the COVID-19 virus and other viral infections. Read more Germany’s Public Health Authority Launches Smartwatch App to Monitor Covid-19 Spread The company’s newly […]
South Korean Researchers Develop Smart Contact Lens for Diagnosis And Treatment Of Diabetes
In 2019, approximately 463 million adults were living with diabetes globally, and there’s no cure for the disease. People with type I diabetes are insulin-dependent, which means they must take artificial insulin daily to stay alive. In type 2 diabetes, the body still makes insulin, but the cells in the body do not respond to […]
Vida Health Raises $25M to Meet Increasing Demand For Remote Healthcare Services Due To...
Vida Health, a San Francisco, CA-based virtual healthcare platform, raised $25m in new funding. The funding round was led by Ally Bridge Group (ABG). Other investors were AME Cloud Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Canvas Ventures, NGP Capital, Webb Investment Network and Workday Ventures. Vida Health said the round will go toward meeting the increased demand for […]
Nemaura’s US Launch of proBEAT Digital Healthcare Subscription Targets 100 Million Potential Users
Loughborough, England-based medical technology company Nemaura announced it is planning to launch a digital healthcare subscription service in the USA under the brand name proBEAT™. proBEAT, which comprises a non-invasive glucose monitor and a digital healthcare subscription service, is expected to be available without the need for a prescription and appeal to a broad range […]
South Korean Researchers Develop Smart LED Contact Lens to Diagnose Diabetes
A team of researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea (POSTECH) developed a technology that allows diagnosis of diabetes and treatment of diabetic retinopathy by wearing smart light-emitting diode (LED) contact lenses. Read more NovioSense Announces Phase 2 Positive Clinical Trial Results of Tear Glucose Measurement Technology The team, led by […]