Fierce Biotech October 23, 2023
Andrea Park

As Americans flock to nearby orchards for festive bouts of autumn apple picking, Insulet is celebrating a particularly bountiful stateside Apple harvest itself.

The diabetes devicemaker has earned FDA clearance for the iPhone version of an app allowing users to control their Omnipod 5 insulin pumps from their own smartphones. Meanwhile, the app has been available to Android owners since the pump’s full U.S. launch began a year ago.

In Insulet’s Monday announcement about the Apple clearance, Eric Benjamin, the company’s chief product and customer experience officer, hailed the impending launch of the app as a “significant milestone in our ongoing effort to provide people with diabetes solutions that improve their lives and help them think less about diabetes.”

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