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New Insulin Delivery Device Employs COC Cartridge

Valeritas Holdings, Inc. launches wearable patch-like device for Type 2 diabetics, eliminating the need to take multiple daily shots.

Valeritas Holdings, Inc. launches wearable patch-like device for Type 2 diabetics, eliminating the need to take multiple daily shots.
Valeritas Holdings, Inc. launches wearable patch-like device for Type 2 diabetics, eliminating the need to take multiple daily shots.

[This story originally ran 1/30/2018]

Bridgewater, NJ-based Valeritas Holdings, Inc. introduced what it considers a game-changing insulin delivery device for patients with Type 2 diabetes. The V-Go® Wearable Insulin Delivery devicefeatures an injection-molded cartridge made of TOPAS®cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) from TOPAS Advanced Polymers.

The medical device is worn like a patch and can eliminate the need for taking multiple daily shots. The innovative V-Go Wearable Basal plus Bolus Insulin Delivery device is commercially available in the U.S.

Basal insulin is long-acting, and keeps blood glucose levels consistent between meals and during sleep. Fast-acting bolus insulin is typically taken at meal times to control blood sugar.

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