# Medtronic acquires Companion Medical **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130 **Category:** D-News **Created:** [August 14, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130 "2020-08-14T15:01:44Z") **Posts on this page:** 7 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady) #### Post date: [August 14, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130/1 "2020-08-14T15:01:44Z")
> **[NEWS: Medtronic Acquiring Smart Insulin Pen](https://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/medtronic-acquiring-smart-insulin-pen-startup)** > > Big news that Medtronic Diabetes is buying Companion Medical and its connected InPen product. We have the details on what this means. ---
### Author: ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric) #### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130/2 "2020-08-19T14:51:09Z")
The InPen is pretty cool. I wonder how badly Medtronic will screw it up! You see this all the time, whenever a small startup gets purchased by a giant conglomerate. Medtronic, meet Companion Medical. 🤝 Companion Medical… meet bureaucracy and red tape. ---
### Author: ![jim26](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jim26/32/9780_2.png) [@jim26](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jim26) #### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130/3 "2020-08-19T17:17:51Z")
I imagine there first screw up will to provide integration to only their CGM. ---
### Author: ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric) #### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130/4 "2020-08-19T18:05:21Z")
> [@jim26](#): > > integration to only their CGM. …and they might only allow injections if your BG is over 150. 🤣 ---
### Author: ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris) #### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130/5 "2020-08-19T19:13:26Z")
Here is where I would guess big blues lawyers would get involved: “how insulin dosing data can be shared with platforms like Apple Health, Dexcom’s open-source APIs, Glooko, and others.” That doesn’t seem very safe. You can imagine the risk averse lawyers saying “We should shut down all sharing immediately…Too much risk” ---
### Author: ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric) #### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130/6 "2020-08-19T20:11:26Z")
I wonder if they will make the InPen only compatible with a proprietary Medtronic needle! Or I wonder if it will be a rewind of a movie we have seen before. **Animas Corporation:** - Founded in 1996 - Acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2006 - Shutdown in 2017 (They sold their customer database to Medtronic) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bjQRTFX1Lp4/maxresdefault.jpg "There's always a bigger fish") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjQRTFX1Lp4) ---
### Author: ![jim26](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jim26/32/9780_2.png) [@jim26](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jim26) #### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130/7 "2020-08-19T20:47:18Z")
🤣 you’re probably right.