NIH launches pivotal trials for artificial pancreas

The National Institutes of Health said this week that it is funding 4 projects dedicated to testing fully automated artificial pancreas devices in patients with Type I diabetes.

The race to develop an artificial pancreas met a milestone last year, after the FDA approved Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) hybrid model of an artificial pancreas – the 1st of its kind to win global clearance.

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