Diabetics who rely on glucose monitors are alarmed by recall linked to 7 deaths

A manufacturing problem in millions of Abbott glucose sensors has been tied to at least seven deaths and hundreds of injuries worldwide.
The Mercury

FreeStyle glucose test strips recalled for producing erroneous results

Abbott today announced it is initiating a voluntary recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle(R) and FreeStyle Lite(R) Blood Glucose Test Strips in the United States. These lots of test strips may produce ...
FiercePharma

Abbott Receives FDA Clearance for New, Easier-to-Use FreeStyle(R) Test Strips

- New FreeStyle test strips do not use the GDH-PQQ enzyme. ALAMEDA, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following the recent clearance of its FreeStyle Lite ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Abbott Recalls Certain Lots of FreeStyle, FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips

Abbott Park, Ill.-based Abbott has issued a nationwide recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips, according to a news release. The lots of recalled test strips may ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Recall: FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Test Strips

Abbott announced a voluntary recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips in the U.S. The affected test strips may produce erroneously low blood glucose results when ...
FierceBiotech

Abbott recalls glucose test strips over risk with older-model meters

Abbott Laboratories ($ABT) acknowledged that a number of its glucose test strips may produce bogus low blood-glucose results when used with certain older-model meters ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

FreeStyle blood glucose test strips redesigned

Abbott announced that its redesigned FreeStyle blood glucose test strips have received FDA approval. The new FreeStyle test strips do not use the GDH-PQQ enzyme, which can be affected by common ...
FierceBiotech

Diabetes device sales bounce back at Abbott with FreeStyle Libre

Abbott's FreeStyle Libre Flash glucose monitoring system--Courtesy of Abbott Diabetes care at Abbott Laboratories ($ABT) has returned to sales growth as ex-U.S. sales ...
FiercePharma

Abbott Receives FDA Clearance for New, Easier-to-Use FreeStyle Lite® Test Strips

-- New FreeStyle Lite® test strips receive 510(k) clearance. ALAMEDA, Calif., May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott today announced that it has received 510(k ...