I agree with Jason that we’re still a long way from a complete artificial pancreas (and if I’m feeling really cynical I question wheher will will make it to a fully artificial pancreas as I agree with Jason’s summary of the issues we face) but I’m interested in progress and it’s certainly that. For me, the availability of a pump and CGMS in the same device was a huge leap forward, the Paradigm Veo shutting off when the user fails to respond to low alarms is another step in the right direction.
I don’t believe there’s one answer to diabetes, I think the answer lies in incremental improvements across the board that give us a fabulous selection of top class treatments to choose from - incremental improvements to pumps, CGMS and associated algorithms plus Smart Insulin are the ones I’ve got my eye on at the moment. A bit of non invasive glucose monitoring wouldn’t go a miss either.