I wrote recently about re-usable pens (which I much prefer over the disposables). For years in Australia Novo Nordisk has provided two pens to use with their Penfill cartridges: NovoPen 4: 1U increments up to 60U/dose. NovoPen Echo: has memory of last dose size and time, 0.5U increments up to 30U. Of course, the older NovoPen …
I wrote last month about the Medtronic InPen. A “smart” insulin pen that integrates with a phone app via Bluetooth. The latest news is that today Medtronic launched it as a product. You can find more information about it on their website. The cost for one InPen (which has a non-replaceable battery and is supposed …
When travelling I used to take insulin containers (vials/cartridges) plus pump reservoirs, and fill them as needed. The YpsoPump has changed my habits. Its glass “PumpCart”-format reservoirs are glass, and approved for holding insulin a lot longer than the plastic reservoirs of other pumps. In some countries NovoRapid and Fiasp are sold in pre-filled PumpCart …
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Medtronic Australasia have this week been sending out teaser emails about “new technology” coming. They have a web page where you can register to be kept informed. From the graphics we can see, it’s fairly obviously the InPen, which was initially introduced in the US by Companion Medical, who were then bought by Medtronic. Medtronic …
I’ve written in the past about the fact that Fiasp is not available in Penfill format in Australia, and this is still the case. Recap NovoRapid is available in 3 formats: 10 mL vials intended for syringe and pump use. Disposable 3 mL FlexPens. 3 mL Penfill cartridges which can be put into pens like …
A long-acting insulin that almost everyone (in the Australian T1 diabetes world anyway) knows of is “Lantus”, even though it was replaced by the identical Optisulin 2 years ago. It took a while to be phased out. A few months prior (back in October 2019) I reported the arrival of “Semglee”. This is marketed by …