Shares of Tandem Diabetes Care (NASDAQ: TNDM) are up 49% after the company this morning said it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its t:slim X2™ Insulin Pump with Dexcom G5® Mobile continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) integration. Additionally, the company announced the commercial launch of the product, which is the first sensor-augmented insulin pump approved to let users make treatment decisions without pricking their fingers. Approval of the t:slim X2 marks Tandem’s fifth new insulin pump launch in only five years. “The t:slim X2 Pump is designed to accelerate the pace in which we can bring new innovations to people with diabetes, which is of particular importance as we develop software updates to add automated insulin delivery algorithms to our platform,” Tandem Diabetes Care president and CEO Kim Blickenstaff stated in the news release.
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About Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. is a medical device company dedicated to improving the lives of people with diabetes through relentless innovation and revolutionary customer experience. The company takes an innovative, user-centric approach to the design, development and commercialization of products for people with diabetes who use insulin. Tandem manufactures and sells the t:slim X2™ Insulin Pump, the only pump capable of remote feature updates using a personal computer, and the t:flex® Insulin Pump, the first pump designed for people with greater insulin requirements. Tandem is based in San Diego, California. For more information, visit www.tandemdiabetes.com.
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