Generic test strips that work in Ultra meters. Get them before their maker is forced out of business!

I learned about the generic One Touch Ultra strips sold as Genstrips in a tweet from diabetes business analyst Scott Strumello  (@sstrumello).  It turns out that the company that sells them came up with their own strip engineering design that works with the One Touch Ultra meters without violating Johnson & Johnson's patents.The FDA required rigorous testing before allowing them to be sold, and they passed.The company then made a deal with Walmart, which would have sold these cheap but effective strips to people all over the world who can't afford the obscene prices Johnson & Johnson charges for them. But Johnson & Johnson hit the company with expensive lawsuits intended to drive them out of business, even though the Patent Bureau has opined that these strips do not violate Johnson & Johnson's patents.In the face of this legal pressure, Walmart bowed out, so for now the only place you can get them is on Amazon. You can find the link to buy them here:Genstrip Test Strips 50ct for Use with Onetouch® Ultra® MetersSince Johnson & Johnson has vast financial resources they can continue to harass the company that makes Genstrips with lawsuits. The company is financially strapped without significant sales of its strips, and is likely to give up when the money runs out, even if it is in the right, legally. So it may be only a matter of time until the maker of Genstrips goes belly up and Johnson & Johnson is left to enjoy its monopoly.  Stockhol...
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