Nearly half of all Phase III pharmaceutical clinical trials fail, partly because data about patient adherence is hard to come by. That’s according to computer giant Oracle (ORCL), which has teamed with and ingestible sensor ...
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Posted in Mobile Health by Nancy Crotti on January 7, 2015 A little more than a year ago, a top executive of Qualcomm Life predicted that smartphones would one day be considered medical devices. Qualcomm's 2Net Hub is a ...
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Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle a patent infringement lawsuit involving insulin pumps. On July 28, Judge Ronald Lew in U.S. District Court for California’s Central District issued a joint stipulation, ...
The FDA appears to be issuing another Class I designation involving Abbott Laboratories' voluntary recall of diabetes products. Back in January, the FDA said FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips could cause serious injury or death ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: New Anti-Smoking Ad Campaign Targets Youth Ruined teeth and damaged skin are among the images being used in a new U.S. government ...
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February 3, 2014 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the expanded use of the Dexcom G4 Platinum Continuous Monitoring System for patients with diabetes ages 2 to 17 years. The G4 Platinum System, which monitors blood ...
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Roche, a Swiss-based company, is looking at the sale of its blood glucose meters business as the industry is facing tough competition. The talks are in initial stages, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. The ...
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Over 90,000 OneTouch VerioIQ blood glucose meters are being recalled by its maker LifeScan, Inc. According to the company, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, the meters can inadvertently shut off if readings are extremely high. That could lead ...
California-based technology-enabled service company FirstVitals Health and Wellness has received a non-invasive technology, designed for diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy, from NeuroMetrix to supplement its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
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Wireless remote monitoring devices will be used by more than 1.8 million people worldwide in four years, representing a six-fold increase in adoption of telehealth technology, according to a new study by InMedica, part of research firm IHS. ...
Still got some money stashed away in a health-care flexible spending account? If so, you might want to put a trip to the pharmacy on your day's to-do list, or at least check your plan's paperwork to see if you can take advantage of the ...
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OneSource Medical Group in Florida has entered into an agreement to distribute NeuroMetrix's transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, designed to help manage chronic pain in diabetes patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. The ...
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Sanofi, a provider of diabetes devices, has opened a Lantus SoloSTAR Pen assembly plant in Beijing, china. The Lantus SoloSTAR plant with a capacity of 48 million units per year is designed to produce Lantus SoloSTAR pre-filled insulin ...
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QuickMedical has announced the US launch of complete line of WaveSense blood glucose monitoring systems for detecting accurate blood glucose readings. The current use of glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinoline quinone (GDH PQQ) enzyme ...
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Simplex Healthcare has entered into collaboration agreement to provide PositiveID's iglucose system, designed for diabetes management. Under the agreement, Simplex will purchase iglucose units and will start trialing the iglucose ...
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