GlucoTrack’s CEO Wants To ‘Keep Pushing The Boundaries’ With Implantable CGM

CGM company GlucoTrack Inc. recently announced plans to expand measuring glucose into the spinal epidural space for patients with painful diabetic neuropathy and its new computational data to support sensor longevity beyond three years from currently two years. Medtech Insight spoke with GlucoTrack’s CEO, Paul Goode, about the company's ambitions to offer more choice in glucose monitoring to people with diabetes.

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Paul Goode, GlucoTrack’s CEO, wants to “keep pushing the boundaries” by giving people living with diabetes an alternative to standard glucose monitoring technology. While still early in development, the company’s innovative long-term implantable continuous glucose monitor (CGM) technology has shown promising results.

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