2006 Press Releases
November 06, 2006
When persons with diabetes use miscoded blood glucose meters to determine how much insulin to take, significant errors in insulin dose can result that may potentially lead to short- and long-term health complications, according to findings of a new study presented at the Sixth Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
November 06, 2006
Bayer Diabetes Care announced findings from a new study demonstrating that the CONTOUR® Blood Glucose Meter from Bayer accurately detects hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) - a potentially dangerous and life-threatening condition. Findings were presented at the Sixth Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
October 23, 2006
Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness of Diabetes Worldwide and Gain Government Support for a United Nations Resolution on Diabetes
October 18, 2006
Peter Hoogenboom, a 46 year-old athlete with diabetes and winner of the Bayer Dream Fund™ contest will be cycling into Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, October 19, 2006 having achieved his dream of a 10,000 mile bike tour across the U.S.
August 10, 2006
Miscoded Blood Glucose Meters Can Result in Significant Errors of Insulin Dose
Bayer Diabetes Care today announced findings from a study showing that miscoded blood glucose meters can be very inaccurate with median errors as great as 48%.
August 10, 2006
Peter Hoogenboom, a 46 year-old cyclist with diabetes on a 10,000-mile U.S. bike tour to spread awareness of diabetes will be at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) annual meeting in Los Angeles, August 10-11 to discuss how athletic training, along with proper diabetes management, allows him to complete multiple cycling challenges.
July 06, 2006
Bayer Diabetes Care announced today that it has acquired Metrika Inc., a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, CA, that manufactures and markets A1CNow+®, a meter-based diabetes monitoring system that has single-use, disposable test cartridges.
March 08, 2006
The 19th annual World Diabetes Conference will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from December 3 through December 7, 2006