In the October update to the Australian PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme), another insulin arrived today. Well, sort of. The addition is Semglee, which is a “biosimilar equivalent” to Lantus. Like Lantus it’s insulin glargine. Lantus is one of the commonly-used long-acting (or “basal”) insulin used for daily injections. It’s been around for years (I used …
In the latest NDSS update (effective October 1st) the Animas infusion sets have finally disappeared. I discussed this back in August. There are quite a few alternative infusion sets available, but the Animas pump reservoirs are the thing that there’s no alternative for (and essential for anyone using an Animas Vibe pump). Strangely, the Animas …
Soon (Sunday October the 6th) most of Australia starts Daylight Saving as we’re heading into summer. What will this mean for our diabetes technology? Back in April I wrote about how the end of Daylight Saving affected us. So what’s different this time? On the 6th of October the clocks will go forward instead of back. In Victoria, …
ABC News SA has published a feature story on DIY Looping this morning! I am a little annoyed that the title refers to us as diabetes “sufferers”, but overall it seems like a nicely balanced article. Just ignore details like the caption “building software” on pictures that are showing people in fact replacing the batteries …
I had to laugh recently. Various advertising from diabetes companies comes through my feeds, and this time it was an ad from Medtronic Australia, touting the improvements in TIR (Time In Range) for their 670G pump. Here it is reproduced in its entirety: I’m not sure exactly where they sourced this data, but presumably …
Since my last post about rumours of legal action regarding CGM pricing in Australia, I’ve learnt more about the way the NDSS supply system works. As it turns out it’s just refinements of the “lay view” I outlined previously. This applies for all NDSS supplies, including CGM. If you don’t know what all the fuss is …