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Edwards Lifesciences and Dexcom Join Forces in New Critical Care Growth Market

A new market in hospital intensive care units has opened up for companies glucose monitoring technologies and it represents a double-digit growth opportunity both for companies with continuous glucose monitors and critical care franchises. As partners,, Edwards Lifesciences and Dexcom bring both the marketing and technological strengths to successfully compete in this new market.

The once distinct medical device segments of glucose monitoring and heart surgery now routinely meet up in the intensive care unit, and the recent deal between Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and DexCom Inc. makes the union official. [See Deal] In a deal announced in November, Edwards, a leader in the cardiac surgery market, gained exclusive rights in the hospital market to continuous glucose monitoring technology developed by DexCom.

Glucose monitoring isn’t just for the management of diabetes any more. Now it’s a strategy to improve outcomes following many...

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