Minute Insight: Insulet Acquires Insulin Pump Patents From Bigfoot, AGC

Insulet will acquire insulin pump patents from Bigfoot Biomedical for $25m, which Bigfoot will use to expand its Unity diabetes management system. Insulet also announced the acquisition of automated insulin delivery assets held by Automated Glucose Control.

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Insulet announced two separate $25m deals that will expand its portfolio of automated insulin delivery intellectual property.

Massachusetts-based Insulet markets the Omnipod 5 and Omnipod DASH tubeless automated insulin delivery systems; Omnipods can be integrated with a...

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