DexCom (DXCM) Receives CE Mark Approval for the SEVEN PLUS Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

October 1, 2009 4:07 PM EDT

DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM) announced that it has received CE Mark (Conformite Europeene) approval for the SEVEN(R) PLUS continuous glucose monitoring system, enabling commercialization of the system in the European Union and the countries in Asia and Latin America that recognize the CE Mark.

The SEVEN PLUS is DexCom's third generation device designed to help people with diabetes better manage their diabetes and control their glucose levels. Widely recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability globally, diabetes is a chronic disease with no known cure that afflicts an estimated 246 million people worldwide, according to the International Diabetes Federation. Diabetes is a leading cause of adult blindness, end stage kidney failure and lower limb amputations. People suffering from diabetes are also more significantly at risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke.


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