Abbott upgrades FreeStyle Libre
By HME News Staff
Updated Wed August 1, 2018
ABBOTT PARK, Ill. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 14-day Flash Glucose Monitoring System. The system has a one-hour warm-up period, compared to 12 hours with the FreeStyle Libre 10-day system, which received FDA approval in September 2017. The Libre is the No. 1 continuous glucose monitoring device in the world, with more than 800,000 users in more than 43 countries, according to a press release. It was approved for Medicare coverage in January.
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