Bayer Diabetes Care
Bayer Diabetes Care is the diabetes division of global healthcare company Bayer. Bayer Diabetes Care introduced the first blood glucose meter, in 1969.
Bayer Diabetes Care profile
Since introducing the first blood glucose meter in 1969, Bayer Diabetes Care have continued to lead the field in diabetes healthcare innovation. Bayer Diabetes Care is one part of Bayer, a global enterprise that specialises in health care, nutrition and high-tech materials.
Bayer Diabetes Care is part of Bayer HealthCare, a company that provides treatments and diagnostics for a variety of conditions. Bayer Diabetes Care have been active in improving diabetes health and testing, developing the first convenient test for glucose in urine in 1941.
Bayer Diabetes Care partner with health care professionals and people with diabetes to create fresh ranges of easy to use products, services and support systems.
Two current flagship diabetes products are the BREEZE 2 and CONTOUR blood glucose meters, both of which utilise groundbreaking No Coding technology.
The latest addition is the CONTOUR USB, which is their first device that introduces, plug & play diabetes management software.
The new product has been promoted and used by singer Nick Jonas from the pop band, Jonas Brothers. Bayer has even set up an additional webpage that allows Nick to post his advice about diabetes and daily blogs for people to read.
Bayer Diabetes Care have the fundamental aim of improving their services to individuals with diabetes, and healthcare professionals, all over the world. Bayer Diabetes Care support a number of diabetes charities to underline their commitment to making a difference.
Bayer’s community initiatives
Other initiatives to help the diabetes community include the Around U Sports. Currently they have organised various football and dance events for young people with diabetes. The aim of such events is to show youngsters with diabetes that they can still have fun.
There have been four separate days over the past year in order for people to get information and share advice in an active way with people the same age.
Locations have included the Pineapple Dance Studios and the London Soccerdome and Bayer offers three different websites for information on diabetes that are suitable according to your age group such as ages 3-9, 10-14 and 15+.
