CNBC August 3, 2019
Christina Farr, Erin Black

KEY POINTS
  • The largest technology companies are all honing in on diabetes technology as an area of focus.
  • Apple, Amazon and Alphabet are dabbling in the space.
  • To succeed, these companies are partnering with traditional medical device makers, like Dexcom.

For the largest technology companies, there’s an opportunity in health care that’s too big to ignore.

That’s to develop new tools and services for more than 100 million peopleliving with diabetes or at high risk for the disease in the United States.

Today, the process of managing the disease can involve a lot of guesswork. Many people with diabetes, a chronic condition...

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