Talking Diabetes Shop with JDRF’s New (Interim?) CEO Derek Rapp We were all surprised to hear the recent news that JDRF had decided to swap out its top executive, trading out Jeffrey Brewer as president and CEO for another D-Dad and industry leader, Derek Rapp. The news came down a couple of weeks ago, and at ......
Drug ads lead to better health Direct-to-consumer advertising, like those prescription drug commercials that air between your favorite shows, are actually paying off with better health outcomes for patients, according to a recently published study by Jayani Jayawardhana, an assistant professor in the College of Public Health. read more...
Insulin "Patch Pen" FDA Approved, In Need of Backers Calibra Medical's new insulin "patch pen," brand-named Finesse, has been approved by the FDA and performed extremely well in recent patient studies. The product could be a huge hit - if the company can secure the financial backing it needs to get ......
Design Challenge: And Now a Word from Our Sponsor Actually, we have Veenu Aulakh to thank for putting the DiabetesMine Design Challenge on the map. She heard me give a keynote speech at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Project HealthDesign event a few years ago, calling for more patient invol......
The Genteel Poker: A Next Gen of Pain-Free Lancing Device? Say hello to a new diabetes device on the scene, promising "pain-free" blood draws that can be used on fingertips or other spots -- and that's designed to look more like a magic marker than a boring old medical device.It's called the Genteel lanci......
