The recently concluded American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 83rd Scientific Sessions continued to build powerful use cases for continuous glucose monitors in an ever-wider population and to highlight the value of automated insulin delivery (AID) systems that are getting ever-closer to duplicating the function of a natural pancreas. In addition to the news from Medtronic plc and Dexcom Inc. BioWorld covered earlier this week, Abbott Laboratories, Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. and Insulet Corp. also presented bright projections for future performance.

At the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Annual Meeting this weekend, Medtronic plc provided an update for investors and showcased results from its devices that all demonstrated better time in range for users. The Dublin-based company provided strong results with the U.S. FDA warning letter now behind it and the 780G Minimed pump and Guardian 4 sensor launches well underway.

Dexcom Inc. rolled out its plans for 2024 and 2025 at an Investor Day event held at the beginning of the American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting in its hometown of San Diego on June 23. The company is looking to expand from diabetes into metabolic health more broadly and previewed several new products designed to appeal to a wider market.

In a wise move from Owlet Inc.’s point of view, the U.S. FDA cleared the company’s Babysat pulse oximetry sock for infants. The wire-free sock design permits safe and comfortable medical-grade monitoring for infants who might otherwise require extended hospitalization.

Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BD) agreed to sell its Surgical Instrumentation platform to Steris plc for $540 million in keeping with the company’s corporate strategy to simplify its product portfolio by 2025. The divestiture includes the V. Mueller, Snowden-Pencer and Genesis products as well as three dedicated manufacturing facilities. Steris will also pick up about 360 employees with the platform. The companies expect the all-cash transaction to close by Sept. 30, 2023, pending regulatory approval.

Saturating bioactive glass with silver sustains the metal’s antimicrobial properties and reduces biofilm formation, researchers at the University of Birmingham, U.K., found. Their study, published in Biofilm, demonstrated that specific preparation, storage and application techniques minimize the transformation of silver ions to silver chloride that typically reduces silver’s healing properties over time.

Beyond Air Inc. completed a senior secured debt financing of up to $40 million from Avenue Capital Group to support the company’s commercial launch of the Lungfit PH and further development of the Lungfit platform. Beyond Air is focused on applications of nitric oxide for the treatment of patients with a range of respiratory conditions. Its affiliate, Beyond Cancer Ltd., is developing a treatment for solid tumors that uses an ultra-high concentration of nitric oxide.

Cala Health Inc. expanded availability of its next-generation bioelectronic Kiq device for relief of action tremors to include individuals with Parkinson’s disease as well as essential tremor. The broad commercial launch of the FDA-cleared wrist-worn device will enable more patients to use the transcutaneous afferent patterned stimulation (TAPS) therapy, which studies show reduces tremors and improves performance of activities of daily living.

Surmodics Inc. is poised to jump on the market for below the knee thrombectomy now that its Pounce platform with a low-profile (LP) model has FDA 510(k) clearance. The system can now effectively clear organized clots from vessels as small as 2 mm in diameter. The Pounce LP expands the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company’s “grab-go-flow” platform. In its first iteration, Pounce enabled removal of thrombi and emboli in peripheral arteries 3.5 mm to 6 mm in diameter.