Continuous Glucose Monitoring Set to Emerge as Key Diabetes Management Tool; Greystone Associates Sees Rapid Adoption of Improved Devices.AMHERST, N.H. -- After more than a decade of hopeful anticipation, the wait for a better way to manage blood glucose levels blood glucose level, n level of glu-cose in the bloodstream, normally about 70 to 115 mg/dL after fasting overnight. Higher levels may indicate diseases such as diabetes mellitus. appears to finally be over for diabetes patients. Advances in sensing and signal processing See DSP. are enabling new and innovative monitor designs that allow patients to check glucose readings as often as once every minute without having to prick a finger. By employing wireless technology to transmit readings to a small LED display, patients are free of the wires that typified earlier designs. Four continuous monitors are already FDA-approved, and several others are winding their way through the clinical trial process. All are competing for a share of a $5 billion world market for glucose monitoring glucose monitoring Lab medicine The periodic evaluation of any analyte abnormal in Pts with DM, to assess short and long-term control with antiglycemic agents. See Glucose, Glycated hemoglobin. , a market that is expected to grow at a significant rate for the rest of the decade. "The self-testing market for blood glucose blood glucose Diabetology The principal sugar produced by the body from food–especially carbohydrates, but also from proteins and fats; glucose is the body's major source of energy, is transported to cells via the circulation and used by cells in the presence will continue to expand due to several factors," explains George Perros, Greystone Associates Managing Director. "The aging of the population in most developed countries, new criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes that emphasizes lower glucose thresholds, and expansion of monitoring technologies into emerging market populations will all contribute to a growing market." These findings are contained in a new and comprehensive report. Continuous Glucose Monitors: Technology, Players and Prospects examines the devices, companies, and technology that are changing the way diabetes is managed. More information on this report is available at www.greystoneassociates.org. About Greystone Greystone Associates is a medical and healthcare technology consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a providing services in strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , venture development, product commercialization, and technology and market assessment. |
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