Nation IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : Firm Told to Retest Device for Diabetics
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Diabetics pleaded with the government to approve the first pain-free way to measure their blood sugar, but a panel of experts said in Gaithersburg, Md., there was no proof the machine works well enough to keep their disease at bay. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee decided Biocontrol Technology Inc. needed to study its Diasensor again. Evidence showed Diasensor could test one of every four insulin-dependent patients. Biocontrol argued that those patients deserved to use the machine.
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