DUBLIN, June 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trinity Biotech plc (Nasdaq: TRIB) a commercial stage biotechnology company focused on human diagnostics and diabetes management solutions, including wearable biosensors, today announced steps to advance its next generation continuous glucose monitoring (“CGM”) solution towards market launch. Since acquiring the CGM technology earlier in the year, Trinity Biotech has been working on further innovations and improvements to the original device. The Company has now received regulatory approval to conduct its initial European pre-pivotal trial that will inform the larger pivotal trial that will be required for product registration and launch.

This pre-pivotal trial will begin imminently and is expected to be completed by the end of July. The study will assess the analytical performance of CGM technology enhancements implemented by Trinity Biotech. The data from this analytical performance assessment will be utilised to advance the technical optimization of the next generation CGM device ahead of the pivotal trial that is planned in 2025.

Trinity Biotech President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr John Gillard stated “We believe our CGM solution and AI-driven health and wellness analytics technology are key long-term growth drivers for Trinity Biotech. As such, we are pleased to have received regulatory approval to conduct our initial European pre-pivotal trial which is the next step in advancing the technical optimisation of our continuous glucose monitoring technology.”

About Trinity Biotech

Trinity Biotech is a commercial stage biotechnology company focused on human diagnostics and diabetes management solutions, including wearable biosensors. The Company develops, acquires, manufactures and markets diagnostic systems, including both reagents and instrumentation, for the point-of-care and clinical laboratory segments of the diagnostic market and has recently entered the wearable biosensor industry, with the acquisition of the biosensor assets of Waveform Technologies Inc. and intends to develop a range of biosensor devices and related services, starting with a continuous glucose monitoring product. Our products are used to detect infectious diseases and to quantify the level of Haemoglobin A1c and other chemistry parameters in serum, plasma and whole blood. Trinity Biotech sells direct in the United States, Germany, France and the U.K. and through a network of international distributors and strategic partners in over 75 countries worldwide. For further information, please see the Company's website: www.trinitybiotech.com.

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