Why let a smartphone control a person’s medicine?

Our Diabetes Community now has the first-ever closed loop system that automates insulin delivery with no need for plastic tubing attached to your body. And this new system will be the first that is Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared to be controlled by your smartphone.

On the morning of Jan. 28, 2022, Boston-based Insulet Corp. announced that the FDA had cleared the new Omnipod 5 system, marking the company’s entry into the automated insulin delivery (AID) universe. This regulatory approval comes just over a year after the company submitted the product, and it marks the fourth commercially available AID system in the United States, but the first without tubing.

The new system combines the little white Omnipod patch pump with the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and a controller algorithm to automate insulin delivery. Notably, Omnipod 5 makes history as the first such system to get FDA clearance for mobile app control and insulin dosing directly from your smartphone, eliminating the need to always carry a separate controller unit.

“Omnipod 5 is a life-changing technology that we believe will revolutionize the market and the lives of people with diabetes,” Insulet’s President and CEO Shacey Petrovic said. “This has been the better part of a decade in the making… and with many technical hurdles and the pandemic delays, it was not a straight road. To tackle all those challenges and to now be here, pushing the field forward with an incredible novel technology that brings a lot of firsts to market, it’s very much the proudest moment of my career.”

Originally known as “Omnipod Horizon,” the launch of Omnipod 5 brings much excitement, even while some people question the company’s choice to sell this new system only through pharmacies at launch.

https://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/omnipod-5-tubeless-system

Cost of insulin wouldn’t be an issue if there was a cure.

Sarah Silverman is bringing her advocacy to screen.

The comedian, actress and writer, along with longtime manager Amy Zvi and Sons of Rigor Films’ Douglas Choi, has joined directors Scott Ruderman and Rachael Dyer’s feature documentary, Pay or Die, as an executive producer. As its title suggests, the doc tackles what its filmmakers describe as a health care crisis in America, told through the personal stories of those with Type 1 diabetes who, because of soaring insulin costs, are living on the edge of survival.

Now in the final stages of filming, the project examines the challenges of living with a chronic disease in the U.S. and, per its producers, “positions the insulin problem as the tip of the iceberg for the larger health care and drug pricing issues Americans face.” According to the doc’s GoFundMe page, it not only follows ordinary Americans who are forced to take extreme measures just to stay alive but also goes behind closed doors to meet experts, advocates and stakeholders to better understand all of the issues at play.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sarah-silverman-diabetes-insulin-documentary-1235084792/

>>15530697

Type 1 is an autoimmune disorder. Cutting out carbs & sugar does not cure it. The pancreas stops producing insulin. Diet will not fix a damaged pancreas!

>>15530786

No problem. I think most people assume sugar & carbs because of type 2. Type 1 cannot be prevented by diet. It causes insulin dependence for life regardless of diet.