FDA rejects Intarcia implanted-pump for Type 2 diabetes

[MaryPat]

@Boerenkool

Is there still a company that produces implanted insulin pumps for T1Ds?

I posted some of my recent readings on that here:

Implantable insulin pumps: a primer

Implantable insulin pumps are out of the market today, but they may be coming back. @Boerenkool asked in another thread a question about Medtronic’s implantable insulin pump. It has been withdrawn from the market since 2007, and was never FDA approved in the US (Medtronic never completed the application), but Medtronic still supplies spare parts. The four US patients need to fly to France every 3 months for a refill. Here is an interesting, recent article that summarizes the present situation: …