Tidepool Loop funded at $6M
Today, JDRF and Helmsley Charitable Trust announced a collaborative grant agreement by providing $6M of funding to Tidepool for the development of “Tidepool Loop”. Recall, Loop is an open-source, unregulated automated insulin delivery (AID) app for iPhone that connects to an insulin pump and CGM using BLE (see image below). Of note, Tidepool intends on further developing the app by making it an FDA-regulated, hybrid closed-loop AID app for iOS with interoperability across multiple insulin pumps and CGMs. Below, FENIX provides additional thoughts on Tidepool Loop. Source: Tidepool website This news comes as no surprise considering the recent announcement from Tidepool in October 2018, indicating the initiation of the Loop project, which aimed to develop……
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Matthew has been a thought leader in the high-growth therapeutic areas of diabetes and cardiovascular medicine since 2006, making regular attendance at large and small CV/met scientific meetings and an architect of novel methods for assessing market opportunities. He has over a decade of experience in leading CV/met consulting engagements, is a published author in PM360 and Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and has been quoted in The Pink Sheet on anti-thrombotics.
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