Pharmac urged to fund automated type 1 diabetes treatment

+News

Pharmac urged to fund automated type 1 diabetes treatment

NZD

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

Martin de Bock
Paediatric endocrinologist Martin de Bock says at the end of the study, people were crying and begging to hold on to the continuous glucose monitors
“Automation is the key to getting better outcomes with less burden” Pharmac is being urged to fund an automated insulin delivery system for type
References

Burnside, Mercedes J. et al. Open-Source Automated Insulin Delivery in Type 1 Diabetes, N Engl J Med 2022; 387:869-881, September 8 (abstract only).

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203913