Medtronic acquires license to DreaMed Diabetes' artificial pancreas technology

“We are certain that this partnership will improve the health as well as the quality of life of people living with diabetes.”

DreaMed Diabetes and Medtronic announced an exclusive worldwide development and license agreement for products that will incorporate DreaMed’s MD-Logic Artificial Pancreas algorithm into Medtronic’s integrated insulin pump and glucose monitoring systems. A research team led by Moshe Phillip, MD, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of DreaMed Diabetes, and Director of the Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, developed GlucoSitter™, a fully automated artificial pancreas system based on the company’s proprietary algorithm. As part of the agreement, Medtronic invested $2 million in DreaMed, which will receive royalties on sales of devices using MD-Logic. 
 

 

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