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Medtronic Expands Diabetes Care Offerings with Canary Health

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Medtronic and Canary Health, a provider of proven digital health self-management programs announced a partnership to expand their diabetes offerings. As part of the partnership, Medtronic will now resell Canary Health’s self-management programs through its sales channels to health plans and providers, and the two companies will jointly develop future solutions that leverage their respective expertise. The partnership marks Medtronic’s first big move into pre-diabetes care and will enable the
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Medtronic, Qualcomm Team Up to Develop Next-Gen Continuous Glucose Monitoring

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Medtronic and Qualcomm has signed a global, multi-year collaboration to jointly develop future generation continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems that aim to improve health outcomes for people with diabetes. Both companies want to enable more informed care, by giving insights to doctors and people with type 2 diabetes concerning glucose levels specifically for those who do not have control of their diabetes today.Collaboration DetailsThe initial focus of the collaboration would be to develop
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FDA Approves Medtronic’s Remote Monitoring Pacemaker App

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared approval and U.S. commercial availability of Medtronic's MyCareLink Smart(TM) Monitor, an app-based remote monitoring system for patients with implantable pacemakers. The app-based system makes it easy for heart device patients to stay connected to their doctor. How It Works Prescribed by a physician, The MyCareLink Smart Monitor is comprised of a handheld portable device reader and the MyCareLink Smart mobile app, available for free on
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