Lutz Heinemann

Further Development of Artificial Pancreas: Blocked by Patents?

Erdin, Nils, Robin, Franck, Heinemann, Lutz, Brandt, Derek, Hovorka, Roman

Patent activity in the field of medical device technology and especially in the area of artificial pancreas development has surged in recent years. According to the search presented in this article,...

Are All Clinical Studies Sponsored by Industry Not Valid?

Heinemann, Lutz

Industry-sponsored studies have such a bad reputation that some journals require an additional statistical analysis by an independent statistician. This commentary discusses some of the reasons why...

Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring Systems: Will We Ever Have Such Sensors for Practical Use?

Heinemann, Lutz

It is still the dream of patients with diabetes and diabetologists to be able to monitor glucose changes in the human body over prolonged periods of time without hurting the patients, i.e. without...

Diabetologists' and Patients' Views on Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Do They Talk about the Same Story?

Heinemann, Lutz

As clinicians, we believe that patients with diabetes have the same views on continuous glucose monitoring that we have. For them, however, the focus is not optimization of metabolic control, but...

Insulin Analogues: A Critical View on Their Future

Heinemann, Lutz

Insulin analogues represent a class of insulin formulations with improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties. The introduction of rapid-acting and long-acting insulin analogues into the...

The Failure of Exubera: Are We Beating a Dead Horse?

Heinemann, Lutz

Inhalation of insulin appears to have become an alternative for the subcutaneous injection of insulin for the time being. However, the recent withdrawal of one product that had already reached the...

Role of Physicians in the Pharmaceutical Industry and Clinical Research Organizations: Take More Pride in Your Work

Heinemann, Lutz, Hompesch, Marcus

Physicians working in biopharmaceutical companies are key components in the successful development of new diagnostic and therapeutic developments. They have a high level of responsibility for the...

Measuring Glucose Concentrations: Daily Practice, Current and Future Developments

Heinemann, Lutz

Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) by means of modern glucose meters is of relevance for all patients with diabetes. It not only provides important information about the effect of therapeutic...

Finger Pricking and Pain: A Never Ending Story

Heinemann, Lutz

Without finger pricking, no self-measurement of blood glucose (SMBG) is possible. However, the number of scientific studies dealing with this topic, which is highly relevant for patients, is...

Measurement Quality of Blood Glucose Meters: Is There a Need for an Institution with an Unbiased View?

Heinemann, Lutz

The quality of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) with modern blood glucose meters is considered by many as not being a relevant topic anymore. However, in reality, a number of open questions...

Inhaled Insulin: Take a Deep Breath, but How?

Heinemann, Lutz, Scheuch, Gerhard, Heise, Tim

Inhalation of insulin is the first alternative route of insulin administration, which has been developed to such a mature status that the first product (Exubera®, Pfizer) was made available to the...