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UK receives funding for automated insulin pump rollout this year

Following new government guidance, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has plans to roll out automated insulin delivery systems.

Last month, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued guidance supporting automated insulin delivery for type 1 diabetes. NICE published guidance recommending hybrid closed-loop systems for eligible people with type 1 diabetes in England and Wales. This was well received in the diabetes community, with Insulet applauding the new guidance.

Hybrid closed-loop systems, like the Insulet Omnipod 5, deliver insulin automatically based on calculations from glucose monitors. Medtronic, Tandem Diabetes Care and Beta Bionics also compete with Insulet in the automated insulin delivery space. Medtronic also applauded automated insulin delivery recommendations from NICE in November.

According to the nonprofit Diabetes UK, NICE agreed to a request from the NHS to allow a phased, five-year implementation. Th…

Insulet applauds NICE guidance on hybrid closed loop insulin delivery

The Omnipod 5 hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system worn on the back of an arm. [Image courtesy of Insulet]Insulet (Nasdaq: PODD) + supports new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance supporting automated insulin delivery for type 1 diabetes.

NICE published guidance recommending hybrid closed-loop systems for eligible people with type 1 diabetes in England and Wales.

Hybrid closed-loop systems, like the Insulet Omnipod 5, deliver insulin automatically based on calculations from glucose monitors. Medtronic, Tandem Diabetes Care and Beta Bionics also compete with Insulet in the automated insulin delivery space. Medtronic applauded automated insulin delivery recommendations from NICE last month.

NICE’s guidance, published this week, outlines that the systems require less input from the user, but manual insulin dosing is still needed sometimes, for example, around mealtimes. So, th…

NICE recommends automated insulin delivery tech rollout in UK, Medtronic, Dexcom applaud

The MiniMed 780G with the Guardian 4 sensor. [Image courtesy of Medtronic]An independent committee of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) voiced support for closed-loop insulin delivery.

The UK-based institute recommended offering automated insulin delivery (AID) for people whose type 1 diabetes is not controlled with their current device despite best possible management with an insulin pump or real-time or intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).

Hybrid closed-loop systems utilize a CGM attached to the body that sends data to a body-worn insulin pump. They calculate the necessary insulin delivery to the body to keep blood glucose levels within a healthy range.

NICE, with NHS England, agreed to first offer hybrid closed-loop systems to certain people who already have an insulin pump. These include all children, young people, and women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy. It comprises part of a five-year rollo…