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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, 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?

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 then...

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

For the payers themselves, I mean, for them, they see some benefit of that as well because there's, I mean, maybe, how would I want to put this?

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

There's less risk involved of having to pay that upfront payment, right?

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

And so like that, when you see that $3,000 payment and then they switch,

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

the payers are eating that cost, right?

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

Very interesting.

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

And then, you know, kind of then going back to the patients that benefit from this.

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

I mean, we talked about in the, with the pivotal trial, how sicker patients benefited from it as much as kind of the, you know, patients that are, you know, more into the treatment beforehand.