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Abbott Diabetes Care, based in Alameda, Calif. , is a leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing glucose monitoring systems designed to help people better manage their diabetes. Additional information about Abbott Diabetes Care may be found at www.abbottdiabetescare.com .
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i As of July 2013 among leading hospital brands of blood glucose test strips in the U.S. (LifeScan, Roche, and Nova Biomedical)
ii Data on file at Microbe Inotech Laboratories, Inc., St. Louis, MO. , Report MILB-8486A, March 2012
iii Diabetes and Viral Hepatitis: Important Information on Glucose Monitoring, Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Settings/GlucoseMonitoring.htm