Friends for Life® Winter 2020 Sponsors
Founding Sponsors
Dexcom, Inc. empowers people to take real-time control of health through innovative continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., and with operations across Europe and select parts of Asia/Oceania, Dexcom has emerged as a leader of diabetes care technology. By listening to the needs of users, caregivers, and providers, Dexcom works to simplify and improve diabetes management around the world. For more information about Dexcom CGM, visit www.dexcom.com.
Lilly unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. We’ve been pioneering life-changing discoveries for nearly 150 years, and today our medicines help more than 47 million people across the globe. Harnessing the power of biotechnology, chemistry and genetic medicine, our scientists are urgently advancing new discoveries to solve some of the world’s most significant health challenges, redefining diabetes care, treating obesity and curtailing its most devastating long-term effects, advancing the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, providing solutions to some of the most debilitating immune system disorders, and transforming the most difficult-to-treat cancers into manageable diseases. With each step toward a healthier world, we’re motivated by one thing: making life better for millions more people. That includes delivering innovative clinical trials that reflect the diversity of our world and working to ensure our medicines are accessible and affordable. To learn more, visit Lilly.com, Lilly Medical, or Lilly.com/newsroom or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Supporting Sponsors
Beta Bionics is a public benefit corporation and certified B corp. committed to commercializing the iLet® bionic pancreas. We’re a people-focused company, here to serve the wider diabetes community. We want to make a difference and aim to improve the lives of people living with diabetes and hope to reduce the data and decision-making overload that PWD and their caregivers often deal with. To learn more about Beta Bionics, our team and our mission visit us at www.betabionics.com and @BetaBionics on social media.
Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ: PODD), headquartered in Massachusetts, is an innovative medical device company dedicated to simplifying life for people with diabetes and other conditions through its Omnipod product platform. The Omnipod Insulin Management System provides a unique alternative to traditional insulin delivery methods. With its simple, wearable design, the disposable Pod provides up to three days of non-stop insulin delivery, without the need to see or handle a needle. Insulet’s latest innovation, the Omnipod® 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System, is a tubeless automated insulin delivery system, integrated with a continuous glucose monitor to manage blood sugar with no multiple daily injections, zero fingersticks, and is fully controlled by a compatible personal smartphone. Insulet also leverages the unique design of its Pod by tailoring its Omnipod technology platform for the delivery of non-insulin subcutaneous drugs across other therapeutic areas. For more information, please visit insulet.com and omnipod.com.
Medtronic Diabetes is on a mission to alleviate the burden of diabetes by empowering individuals to live life on their terms, with the most advanced technology and always-on support when and how it is needed. Medtronic has pioneered first-of-its-kind innovations for over 40 years and is committed to designing the future of diabetes management through next-generation sensors (CGM), intelligent dosing systems, and the power of data science and AI while always putting the customer experience at the forefront. Today we offer the MiniMed™ 780G insulin pump system, the InPen™ smart insulin pen and the i-Port Advance™ injection port, and we continue to innovate further. With a renewed focus on creating products that are easy to use, we hope our future technologies will enable people to focus more on life, and not diabetes. To learn more, visit www.medtronicdiabetes.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Tandem Diabetes Care creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers through a positively different experience. We manufacture and sell the t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ technology, but we’re so much more than that. Our company’s human-centered approach to design, development, and support delivers innovative products and services for people who use insulin. Since many of our own team members live with type 1 diabetes, or have a loved one impacted by diabetes, the work is personal, and we are committed to the cause. Learn more at tandemdiabetes.com.
