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Dexcom G6 Approved - Bonus Episode
Diabetes Connections | Type 1 Diabetes
English - March 28, 2018 04:30 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 170 ratingsHealth & Fitness Society & Culture diabetes health t1d wellness type1diabetes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The US FDA this week approved the Dexcom G6 system. It means a smaller sensor and is factory calibrated for 10 days of use, which means no fingerstick calibrations.
Stacey talks with Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer about the details about the system, timeline for consumer availability in the US and internationally as well as what will happen with the G4 and G5 systems already on the market (and integrated with pumps like Tandem and Animas).
Great article from DiabetesMine with more G6 info here
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