As of today, the Libre 2 FGM/CGM system is finally available in Australia! I reported about the Libre 2 in 2018, and then in March this year we were told it was approved for Australia and would be available “in the coming months”. I guess it only took four months. To summarise what we know …
Back in 2018 I wrote an article about the new Libre 2. Finally (as of yesterday) Abbott has got the Libre 2 approved with the TGA for use in Australia. All we know about the rollout and availability of the product is a statement by Abbott that it will be made available “over the coming …
Back in June Abbott released the LibreLink app in Australia, allowing us to scan the Libre sensors directly into phones. Currently the data read that way can’t be merged with the data read through the Reader device linked to the same sensor, but it offers another connectivity option for users. This week we’ve seen news …
There are many blood glucose (BG) meters available in the Australian market, but this isn’t a review of all of them. If you want to see the range of meters and strips subsidised in the Australian market at the moment, have a look at the “Testing Strips order form” over at the NDSS Product and …
Abbott Diabetes Care stirred the Australian Libre-subsidy pot again this week, and we see people in diabetes peer support groups complaining about it in various ways. I do feel that many people have not put the pieces together and may be surprised when all the changes related to this finally come home to roost. In …
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“How accurate is the Libre anyway?” It’s a question we hear a lot. Many people are surprised when the values it reports are different to the BG value reported by their meter. But as I described in a recent article about meter accuracy, your meter doesn’t always tell you “the truth”. So I decided to …