Monthly Prescribing Reference

Recall: FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Test Strips

Abbott announced a voluntary recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips in the U.S. The affected test strips may produce erroneously low blood glucose results when ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

FreeStyle Lite blood glucose test strips approved

Abbott announced that the FDA has cleared its FreeStyle Lite blood glucose test strips. FreeStyle Lite test strips do not use the GDH-PQQ enzyme, which can be affected by common non-glucose sugars (eg ...
FiercePharma

Abbott Receives FDA Clearance for New, Easier-to-Use FreeStyle Lite® Test Strips

-- New FreeStyle Lite® test strips receive 510(k) clearance. ALAMEDA, Calif., May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott today announced that it has received 510(k ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Abbott Recalls Certain Lots of FreeStyle, FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips

Abbott Park, Ill.-based Abbott has issued a nationwide recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips, according to a news release. The lots of recalled test strips may ...
Drug Store News

Abbott receives regulatory approval for FreeStyle Lite test strips

ALAMEDA, Calif. The Food and Drug Administration approved blood-glucose test strips from Abbott. Abbott's new FreeStyle Lite test strips use an enzyme which is unaffected by common nonglucose sugars, ...
NBC Los Angeles

Diabetes Test Strips Recalled Over Wrong Results

Nearly two dozen lots of blood glucose test strips are being recalled because they may calculate wrong results when used with certain meters, a Southern California company announced Wednesday. Abbott ...
Chicago Tribune

Abbott gets FDA approval on new glucose test strips

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an Abbott Laboratories blood sugar test the agency hopes will eliminate inaccurate results for certain diabetic patients taking other medications.
FierceBiotech

Abbott recalls glucose test strips over risk with older-model meters

Abbott Laboratories ($ABT) acknowledged that a number of its glucose test strips may produce bogus low blood-glucose results when used with certain older-model meters ...
CBS News

Blood Glucose Test Strips Recalled

DETROIT (WWJ) - Blood Glucose test strip manufacturer Abbot is voluntarily recalling FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips. The company says the test strips may produce erroneously low blood ...
Medscape

FDA Clears New Blood Glucose Test Strips

May 28, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved blood glucose test strips (FreeStyle Lite; Abbott Diabetes Care) to help patients better manage their diabetes by minimizing the ...
Fierce Healthcare

Abbott FreeStyle Freedom(R) Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System Now Available With No Coding for People With Diabetes

Abbott Diabetes Care markets several leading-edge glucose monitoring systems and test strips in the United States for use in both home and hospital settings; leading brands include FreeStyle (R) Lite, ...
FiercePharma

Abbott Receives FDA Clearance for New, Easier-to-Use FreeStyle(R) Test Strips

- New FreeStyle test strips do not use the GDH-PQQ enzyme. ALAMEDA, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following the recent clearance of its FreeStyle Lite ...