Monthly Prescribing Reference

FreeStyle Lite blood glucose test strips approved

Abbott announced that the FDA has cleared its FreeStyle Lite blood glucose test strips. FreeStyle Lite test strips do not use the GDH-PQQ enzyme, which can be affected by common non-glucose sugars (eg ...
MedCity News

Diabetes news: Abbott voluntarily recalls some FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips

Abbott (ABT) announced the medical device company will voluntarily recall 20 lots of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips in the U.S. The company said in a statement the test strips ...
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 ...
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 ...
NBC Los Angeles

Diabetes Test Strips Recalled Over Wrong Results

Nearly two dozen lots of blood glucose test strips are being recalled because they may calculate wrong results when used with certain meters, a Southern California company announced Wednesday. Abbott ...
CBS News

Blood Glucose Test Strips Recalled

DETROIT (WWJ) - Blood Glucose test strip manufacturer Abbot is voluntarily recalling FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips. The company says the test strips may produce erroneously low blood ...
Diabetes.co.uk

Medical warning for diabetes test strips recall

Abbott Diabetes Care, the makers of the test strips advise that problems only occur when the test strips are used with the following blood glucose monitors: FreeStyle Mini Glucose Meter FreeStyle ...
Fierce Healthcare

Abbott FreeStyle Freedom(R) Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System Now Available With No Coding for People With Diabetes

By combining features such as no manual coding, which eliminates one step in the testing process; the world's smallest sample size requirement (0.3 microliter), meaning less pain; and one of the ...
Chicago Tribune

Abbott gets FDA approval on new glucose test strips

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an Abbott Laboratories blood sugar test the agency hopes will eliminate inaccurate results for certain diabetic patients taking other medications.
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 ...
Medindia

Abbott FreeStyle Freedom(R) Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System Now Available With No Coding for People With Diabetes

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 14 Abbott (NYSE: ABT)today announced the availability of the FreeStyle Freedom(R) Lite BloodGlucose Monitoring System (http://www ...