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Matt Henriksen

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Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Yeah.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And so, I mean, we're focused on carb counting.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Is that kind of the key kind of benefit, ease of use that the patients get?

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Are there other ones as well that are worthwhile to note here?

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

I have a question.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

How do the engineers at Beta Bionics enjoy or maybe not so much enjoy the fact that you're a user as well and you can give some first person inputs on the device?

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Oh, yeah.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And so then, you know, kind of leading up to the launch itself a few years ago, you know, the randomized pivotal trial data came out.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

What was some of the highlights of that data that kind of pointed to these benefits that we've been discussing?

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Yeah, well, it kind of sounds like, you know, those set it and forget it type of functions is that's the most beneficial for those who didn't really try to care about carb counting in the first place.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Yeah.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And, you know, moving then into the actual launch itself, you're up to nearly, if I'm correct, if I'm wrong, 30,000 islet users.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

How has that launch been to get to that accelerated of a patient base?

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And then, you know, the other thing too, just kind of thrown in there, and maybe I'm answering my own question here is the...

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

transition into using the pharmacy channel is something that you guys have highlighted a lot about.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And so maybe we can just start there.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And, you know, the different channels that these patients can get these durable insulin pumps and why switching into the pharmacy channel has been a benefit for

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

you know, it seems like for you, the patients and the payers.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Well, you know, it's interesting about the pay-as-you-go model, but it sounds like, you know, you're willing to... I mean, there's the opportunity cost of some of that upfront revenue for, you know, further payouts down the road.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

What makes you feel comfortable about that model?