Insulet Adds Manufacturing Capacity

Outsourcing-Pharma.com reports that Insulet is increasing the manufacturing capacity by outsourcing the production of the Omnipod to Flextonics...

Recently Insulet announced a new arrangement to outsource the production of its insulin pump to contract engineering firm Flextronics International.

US-based Insulet called in for reinforcements after it was unable to make enough of the insulin devices, called Omnipod, to keep up with market demand.

There are only a few insulin pumps on the market, but the Omnipod device reportedly uses an advanced pump technology and is disposable and wireless, making it, according to some, cheaper and easier to use than competing products.