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Minute Insight: Abbott Teams Up With WeightWatchers In Diabetes Management

 
• By Barnaby Pickering

The companies will link Abbott’s blood glucose monitoring devices to WeightWatchers’ smartphone apps and weight loss program.

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• Source: Informa/Alamy

Abbott will integrate its FreeStyle Libre range of continuous glucose monitoring devices with WeightWatchers’ diabetes-tailored weight loss program to create a version of WeightWatchers’ smartphone app for obese diabetics that will provide the information they need to make good health decisions and control their blood glucose levels.

WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani said the partnership with Abbott will "make it possible for people with diabetes to reach their...

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