MedTech Dive March 7, 2024
Nick Paul Taylor

The new sensor is designed to last for 14 days but requires finger-stick calibration.

Dive Brief:

  • Roche shared details of its plans to enter the continuous glucose monitor (CGM) market, unveiling the Accu-Chek Smartguide at the Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes conference in Florence, Italy.
  • On Thursday, the company released data on a 14-day sensor that could compete with Abbott and Dexcom for the CGM market. Roche is working to get a CE mark and plans to sell the device in “selected European countries” soon after receiving clearance.
  • BTIG and J.P. Morgan analysts do not see Roche’s CGM as a major threat to Abbott and Dexcom, in part because, unlike the incumbents, the new device requires...

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