The CEO of Abbott on Revamping Its Breakthrough Diabetes Device

Today more than 500 million people have diabetes, an autoimmune disease that causes the pancreas to produce little or no insulin, leaving sufferers unable to regulate the glucose in their bodies and bloodstreams. It’s one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing chronic medical conditions in the world, expected to affect more than 740 million people by 2045. And when it’s unmonitored and untreated, it can quickly become life-threatening.