Minute Insight: Insulet Acquires Insulin Pump Patents From Bigfoot, AGC
Executive Summary
Insulet will acquire insulin pump patents from Bigfoot Biomedical for $25m, which Bigfoot will use to expand its Unity diabetes management system. Insulet also announced the acquisition of automated insulin delivery assets held by Automated Glucose Control.
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