Bluetooth would be awesome. You are right about no
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Posted On: 04/12/2020 10:27:08 AM
Bluetooth would be awesome. You are right about no perfect solution!
Adding Bluetooth capability at this point will mean having to revise the board to accept two chips, the impedance and the bluetooth, it would probably mean acquiring a new mold for the device, creating either a larger or thicker device, it would change power needs or the need to change batteries every 50-100 tests (not even one day of testing). These are not things that can be done if your goal is to convince the FDA that you are building for an emergency using an already reviewed device and need immediate clearance for the diagnostic and the device. That is what Abbott did.
But hey, I read all the time on message boards how message board posters, without a lick of experience in product development tell Mr. Berman how to build his product.
Frankly, if shareholders pushed Mr. Berman to add in toys and gizmos into the GenViro! meter, that would make Always very happy, since it would mean the new Generation 1 product would never see the light of day, and what of your request for emergency review if after two weeks you go asking for a 6-8 week delay.
No product is perfect. But let me tell you about imperfect products. The J&J Lifescan Onetouch Ultra glucose testing product was obsolete in February 2000 when it was first introduced to the market. It did many things right, built a following of 5 million users, is still the #1 product on the market some 20 years later. I competed against that product for most of the 20 years. Why did Lifescan succeed and my products were less successful? Because people liked the Lifescan product better, even with its many flaws.
DECN has a first to market product and if it works out of the gate, their 500+ million kit first year forecast is probably way too low. It would be a strategic mistake, a company killing mistake, to change this product now. But hey, people who post on message boards and trash Mr. Berman always know better.
Adding Bluetooth capability at this point will mean having to revise the board to accept two chips, the impedance and the bluetooth, it would probably mean acquiring a new mold for the device, creating either a larger or thicker device, it would change power needs or the need to change batteries every 50-100 tests (not even one day of testing). These are not things that can be done if your goal is to convince the FDA that you are building for an emergency using an already reviewed device and need immediate clearance for the diagnostic and the device. That is what Abbott did.
But hey, I read all the time on message boards how message board posters, without a lick of experience in product development tell Mr. Berman how to build his product.
Frankly, if shareholders pushed Mr. Berman to add in toys and gizmos into the GenViro! meter, that would make Always very happy, since it would mean the new Generation 1 product would never see the light of day, and what of your request for emergency review if after two weeks you go asking for a 6-8 week delay.
No product is perfect. But let me tell you about imperfect products. The J&J Lifescan Onetouch Ultra glucose testing product was obsolete in February 2000 when it was first introduced to the market. It did many things right, built a following of 5 million users, is still the #1 product on the market some 20 years later. I competed against that product for most of the 20 years. Why did Lifescan succeed and my products were less successful? Because people liked the Lifescan product better, even with its many flaws.
DECN has a first to market product and if it works out of the gate, their 500+ million kit first year forecast is probably way too low. It would be a strategic mistake, a company killing mistake, to change this product now. But hey, people who post on message boards and trash Mr. Berman always know better.
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