Dexcom Helps People With Diabetes Take the First Step to Discover What They’re Made Of on World Diabetes Day

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 14, 2024--

This World Diabetes Day, DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM), the global leader in glucose biosensing technology, is encouraging people with diabetes globally to take the first step to discover what they’re made of. This comes as global data 1 shows nearly 70% of people with diabetes say they didn’t know where to begin their health journey when they were first diagnosed, and nearly half said diabetes has limited their ability to pursue a passion or interest.

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Dexcom is teaming up with its thousands of global brand advocates – Dexcom Warriors and Stelo Ambassadors, including Nick Jonas, Lance Bass, Retta, Ed Gamble, Molly Sandén and more – to inspire and motivate people with all types of diabetes to take the first step toward discovering what they’re made of. (Photo: Business Wire)

For National Diabetes Awareness Month in the U.S. and Canada (November) and on World Diabetes Day (Nov. 14), Dexcom is teaming up with its thousands of global brand advocates – Dexcom Warriors and Stelo Ambassadors, including Nick Jonas, Lance Bass, Retta, Ed Gamble, Molly Sandén and more – to invite people with diabetes to share something they're striving toward on social media – whether it be a new goal, new habit, new beginning or new adventure. By bringing this community together, Dexcom aims to inspire and motivate people with all types of diabetes to take the first step toward discovering what they’re made of.

As part of the campaign, Dexcom surveyed people with diabetes around the world (U.S., U.K., Germany, Poland, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand) and found that 85% of respondents believe that taking small steps to managing diabetes can lead to significant improvements in overall wellbeing. In addition, 84% of current tech users say that technology, such as a CGM or a glucose biosensor, can help those managing diabetes achieve their dreams.

This new data further emphasizes the importance of technology in helping people better manage their diabetes and demonstrates the significance of Dexcom’s relentless commitment to innovation. The company recently added to its portfolio of products with the launch of award-winning 2 Stelo, the first over-the-counter glucose biosensor in the U.S., and Dexcom ONE+, the latest CGM system in Europe using Dexcom’s best-in-class sensor platform. Both of these product launches help improve access to life-changing CGM and glucose biosensing, giving even more people with diabetes the peace of mind they need to achieve their dreams.

“At Dexcom, we know better health empowers us all, and I believe World Diabetes Day is the perfect time to change the perception of what’s possible,” said Kevin Sayer, president and chief executive officer at Dexcom. “Our community of users, caregivers, and physicians have inspired us—and we hope that by delivering critical health information across our portfolio of leading glucose biosensors we’re able to do the same. As we build on our legacy of pioneering this industry, we’re committed to helping people at any age and any stage of diabetes receive the information and tools they need to discover what they’re made of.”

“A diabetes diagnosis can feel isolating. With the right support and tools, like Dexcom biosensing technology, it doesn't have to be," said Nick Jonas, multi-platinum recording artist, songwriter, actor and philanthropist. “I'm part of a community that's living proof of what people with all types of diabetes can achieve, and this World Diabetes Day, we hope to inspire others around the world to truly discover what they're made of—and embrace their full potential to live beyond their diagnoses."

In the U.S., Dexcom is hosting a giveaway to inspire people with diabetes to take their first step towards a goal, habit or journey to change their perception of what’s possible. During the month of November, people with diabetes are invited to share their aspirations, small or large. Whether it’s logging the first mile for a 5K run, committing to learn a new language or signing up for a cooking class, every journey starts with taking the first step to discover what you’re made of. Dexcom will help empower that first step by randomly selecting participants to win a $500 prize to jumpstart their journey.

To join the conversation this National Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day, share #DiscoverWithDexcom on Instagram and TikTok. Dexcom and Stelo users can enter the U.S. giveaway by visiting Dexcom.com/G7Giveaway or Dexcom.com/SteloGiveaway.

About Dexcom

Dexcom empowers people to take control of health through innovative biosensing technology. Founded in 1999, Dexcom has pioneered and set the standard in glucose biosensing for more than 25 years. Its technology has transformed how people manage diabetes and track their glucose, helping them feel more in control and live more confidently.

Dexcom. Discover what you’re made of. For more information, visit www.dexcom.com.

Survey Methodology

Dexcom surveyed 2,250 individuals over the age of 18 living with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. 250 individuals were sourced from each of the following markets: Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, the UK and the US. The survey was fielded in October 2024 using Forsta, and panel was sourced from ResearchDesk by RepData.

1 Dexcom, data on file, 2024.

2 (2024). Best Inventions of 2024, TIME.

Dexcom surveyed people with diabetes around the world and found that 84% of current tech users say that technology, such as a CGM or a glucose biosensor, can help those managing diabetes achieve their dreams. (Photo: Business Wire)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked a White House executive order targeting an elite law firm, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution against the legal profession.

U.S. District Beryl Howell said the executive order against the firm of Perkins Coie amounted to “unconstitutional retaliation” as she ordered that it be nullified and that the Trump administration halt any enforcement of it.

“No American President," Howell wrote in her 102-page order, "has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch agencies but, in purpose and effect, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase: ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.’”

The ruling was most definitive rejection to date of Trump's spate of similarly worded executive orders against some of the country's most elite law firms, part of a broader effort by the president to reshape American civil society by targeting perceived adversaries in hopes of extracting concessions from them and bending them to his will. Several of the firms singled out for sanction have either done legal work that Trump has opposed, or currently have or previously had associations with prosecutors who at one point investigated the president.

The edicts have ordered that the security clearances of attorneys at the targeted firms be suspended, that federal contracts be terminated and that their employees be barred from federal buildings. The punished law firms have called the executive orders an affront to the legal system and at odds with the foundational principle that lawyers should be free to represent whomever they'd like without fear of government reprisal.

In the case of Perkins Coie, the White House cited its representation of Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the 2016 presidential race. Trump has also railed against one of the firm's former lawyers, Marc Elias, who engaged the services of an opposition research firm that in turn hired a former British spy who produced files of research examining potential ties between Trump and Russia. Elias left the firm 2021.

In her opinion, Howell wrote that Perkins Coie was targeted because the firm “expressed support for employment policies the President does not like, represented clients the President does not like, represented clients seeking litigation results the President does not like, and represented clients challenging some of the President’s actions, which he also does not like.”

“That,” she wrote, “is unconstitutional retaliation and viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple.”

The decision was not surprising given that Howell had earlier temporarily blocked multiple provisions of the order and had expressed deep misgivings about the edict at a more recent hearing, when she grilled a Justice Department lawyer who was tasked with justifying it. Her ruling Friday permanently bars enforcement of the executive order. She also directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, to provide copies of her opinion to all government departments and agencies that had previously received the executive order.

The other law firms that have challenged orders against them —WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey — have succeeded in at least temporarily blocking the orders. '

But other major firms have sought to avert orders by preemptively reaching settlements that require them, among other things, to collectively dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars in free legal services in support of causes the Trump administration says it supports.

President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)