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Sean Saint

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

They wrote that big upfront check for somebody who was only on their plan for a year or less than a year.

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

And then they go to another plan.

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

Now that other plan might try and get the idea that they already have a pump and not buy them another one.

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

That's a bunch of, you know, of work in effect, or they can just continue paying for the pay as you go model and not worry about it.

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

It's just easier for everybody.

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

Yeah, from, and I believe we said over 25% are, we believe are type two patients.

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

From our perspective, they're really not because when considering that we don't have an indication for type two diabetes, we don't sell to type two diabetes in any way.

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

We don't talk about type two.

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

We don't push it in that regard.

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

But what we do do is show up in the health care provider's office and explain what the islet is and show them the clinical data and show them the product.

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

And it's always been this way.

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

A health care provider can choose to write a product for any person that they want.

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

And it turns out that that's how ours gets used.

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

This is really not that different from some of the other pumps.

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

I think we broadly have enough information now to say that AID generally seems to work in type two as well as it does in type one.

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

Although, again, there have been studies on some of the products and not others and not ours, in fact.

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

So still, you know, building that from an indication standpoint.

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

Type 2 diabetes is interesting, though, because so many more of them are being managed by primary care physicians.

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

Something like 85% are being seen by primary care, whereas on the type 1 side, it's more like, you know, 50 to 60% are being seen by primary care physicians.

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

So we really need to make sure that we make a product that's applicable for a particular user, but also for a particular health care provider on the type 1 or the type 2 side.