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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fierce Healthcare

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

Abbott Diabetes Care markets several leading-edge glucose monitoring systems and test strips in the United States for use in both home and hospital settings; leading brands include FreeStyle (R) Lite, ...
NPR

The Murky World Of Secondhand Diabetic Test Strips

Chelsea Arnold was getting into debt over tiny pieces of plastic: diabetic test strips. When Arnold was first diagnosed with diabetes she needed to test her blood sugar 10 times a day. She went to Wal ...
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 ...