More than 100,000 people in England and Wales with type 1 diabetes that they find hard to control with current therapy could soon be offered new technology via the NHS.
Abbott has joined forces with two other companies to bring an automated insulin delivery (AID) system to people with diabetes in Europe that will monitor blood glucose levels and deliver in
NHS England will provide artificial pancreas devices to 1,000 type 1 diabetes patients as part of a pilot study of the technology, according to chief executive Sir Simon Stevens.
An “artificial pancreas” has proved to be more effective at controlling blood sugar than injections with insulin by patients or with a pump, in an international trial mainly funded by the U
It has been five years since Lexicon Pharma's type 1 diabetes therapy, Zynquista, was rejected by the FDA, and it may struggle to have a better outcome at its second attempt.