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After scoring an FDA nod last spring allowing updated versions of its continuous glucose monitors to be integrated into automated insulin delivery systems, Abbott has selected the first such system to pair with its FreeStyle Libre technology.
The FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus CGM will now be compatible with Tandem Diabetes Care’s t:slim X2 insulin pump and Control-IQ algorithm, the companies announced during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Monday.
Though this marks the first automated insulin delivery partnership for the FreeStyle Libre technology, Abbott isn’t the first CGM maker to team up with Tandem. Last month, the t:slim X2 became the first automated insulin pump to pair with the Dexcom G7 sensor; it had previously been...