Dexcom Inc Q3 FY2022 Earnings Call
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Auto-generated speakersHello, and welcome to the DexCom Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Release Conference Call. My name is Michelle, and I will be your operator for today's conference. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. As a reminder, today's conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Mr. Sean Christensen. Sir, you may begin.
Thank you, operator, and welcome to DexCom's third quarter 2022 earnings call. Our agenda begins with Kevin Sayer, DexCom's Chairman, President and CEO, who will summarize our recent highlights and ongoing strategic initiatives followed by a financial review and outlook from Jereme Sylvain, our Chief Financial Officer. Following our prepared remarks, we will open the call up for your questions. At that time, we ask analysts to limit themselves to one question so we can provide an opportunity for everyone participating today. Please note that there are also slides available related to our third quarter performance on the DexCom Investor Relations website on the Events and Presentations page. With that, let's review our Safe Harbor statement. Some of the statements we will make in today's call may constitute forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management's intentions, beliefs and expectations about future events, strategies, competition, products, operating plans and performance. All forward-looking statements included in this presentation are made as of the date hereof based on information currently available to DexCom and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any of these forward-looking statements are detailed in DexCom's annual report on Form 10-K, most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this presentation or to conform these forward-looking statements to actual results. Additionally, during the call, we will discuss certain financial measures that have not been prepared in accordance with GAAP with respect to our non-GAAP and cash-based results. Unless otherwise noted, all references to financial metrics are presented on a non-GAAP basis. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results or superior to results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Please refer to the tables in our earnings release and the slides accompanying our third quarter earnings presentation for a reconciliation of these measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Now, I will turn it over to Kevin.
Thank you, Sean, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. Today, we reported another strong quarter for DexCom with third quarter organic revenue growth of 20% compared to the third quarter of 2021. Our teams executed incredibly well as we work to advance our strategic initiatives while preparing for the largest product launch in our company's history. In the U.S., we saw continued momentum after our strong second quarter new customer starts with ongoing loyalty among endocrinologists and growing traction with primary care physicians. We are finding these physicians eager to engage with our teams as they learn more about the clinical benefits and superior outcomes that DexCom CGM can provide their patients. While we expect these primary care relationships to be critical to our long-term customer aspirations, they also help us better serve the intensive insulin-using population in the U.S. today. The domestic core market still has a long runway of growth ahead as we expect the vast majority of the population to adopt CGM to help them better manage their health. Outside the U.S., our team continued to deliver customer access wins this quarter. One example, in August, the NHS announced the inclusion of DexCom ONE on prescription via the England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland drug tariff for everyone with type 1 diabetes and type 2 intensively managed diabetes. This announcement meaningfully expanded access to DexCom within these markets as our previous reimbursement was generally limited to a smaller population of higher-risk individuals. Importantly, this is a clear example of how we can leverage our portfolio strategy to reach many more people with diabetes across the globe. Whether we use DexCom ONE to enter new geographies or to improve access within existing markets, there is a large opportunity to expand our reach. In many cases, these are segments of the market that have lacked product choice for customers. So providing DexCom's leading real-time CGM solution is being welcomed enthusiastically from customers and health systems alike. As many of you have seen, we were also very excited to initiate our full OUS launch of G7 following a successful limited launch. G7 is now available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, and Hong Kong. We have been looking forward to this day for a long time as we view G7 as not only a major step forward for DexCom but for the entire diabetes technology market. This is a game-changing launch! As we often say, G7 takes everything about G6 and makes it better. It has a 60% smaller form factor, a 30-minute warm-up time, a 12-hour grace period to allow customers to choose a convenient time to change sensors, an improved app experience, and more. All of this while building upon the product performance and accuracy that has earned the trust of our customers and clinicians. These advancements were specifically designed to improve the lives of our customers, and that is being recognized by our earliest G7 users. The feedback from our launch has been incredibly positive, which adds to our confidence that this product will take DexCom to the next level. We are moving quickly to make this life-changing technology available broadly around the world, and we'll be rolling out G7 across a steady cadence of additional geographies over the next several months. In the U.S., we have responded to the FDA, and our G7 regulatory pathway is tracking in line with expectations we shared last quarter. We completed the necessary software changes in response to the feedback we received from the agency and subsequently validated the data to ensure the software is operating as designed. These efforts position us well to receive G7 clearance before the end of the year. This is a very exciting time for us. We believe this is the product of the future for DexCom, and we are working diligently to make that product accessible to a much broader population, not only the intensive insulin-using population but moving into people with type 2 diabetes on basal insulin only, non-insulin-using type 2s, gestational, hospital, metabolic health, and beyond. Along those lines, there is a growing body of evidence demonstrating outcomes beyond the intensive insulin-using population, including a recently published study in Diabetes Technology and Therapies. This study assessed the benefits of DexCom CGM for a population of predominantly non-insulin-using type 2 individuals. Similar to our mobile study, it demonstrated meaningful reductions in A1C levels and improvements in time and range across the study group. Notably, the largest improvements in time and range came from the cohort being treated with one or fewer medications per day. This suggests that a sizable opportunity exists to help individuals earlier in their diabetes journey, potentially preventing escalation of the disease. This has meaningful long-term health implications for those starting on CGM and also holds promise to reduce the economic burden on our health system associated with the progression of diabetes. CMS clearly recognized this potential in 2017 when they became one of the first global payers to cover CGM for people with intensively managed type 2 diabetes, and they appear ready to lead yet again in customer care. In early October, CMS published a proposed local coverage determination that would again meaningfully expand CGM for the Medicare population. Once finalized, this proposal would expand Medicare coverage to include the basal-only population as well as non-insulin-using individuals that have experienced hypoglycemia. This proposal is in direct response to the clinical outcomes demonstrated in our MOBILE trial, where DexCom proved to meaningfully improve time and range for this population. Since publishing that data, we have been expecting a reimbursement decision, and we applaud CMS for taking the lead. Coverage for the basal-only population alone would allow us to help significantly more people in the U.S. as we size that population to be approximately 3 million individuals. This will be the first major reimbursement expansion beyond the intensively managed space and one that we expect to be the first of many. Historically, CMS has often led commercial payers on coverage decisions, and we anticipate the same dynamic to occur here. However, we're not stopping there. We will continue to advocate for the millions of additional individuals that could benefit from access to real-time CGM. There is a massive opportunity ahead for DexCom.
Thank you, Kevin. As a reminder, unless otherwise noted, the financial metrics presented today will be discussed on a non-GAAP basis. Reconciliations to GAAP can be found in today's earnings release as well as on our IR website. For the third quarter of 2022, we reported worldwide revenue of $770 million compared to $650 million for the third quarter of 2021, representing growth of 20% on an organic basis. As a reminder, our definition of organic revenue excludes currency as well as non-CGM revenue acquired in the trailing 12 months. U.S. revenue totaled $573 million for the third quarter compared to $490 million in the third quarter of 2021, representing a growth of 17%. Momentum continues to grow in our U.S. business. We saw initial signs of an inflection in late Q1 and have been encouraged to see those positive customer trends continue in the months that followed. This resulted in a reacceleration in revenue growth in the third quarter. The investments we have made in our salesforce over the past year are starting to pay off. We instituted new salesforce tools earlier this year to make calls more efficient. And today, our team is yielding productivity metrics in line with our high expectations. We have also taken steps recently to simplify access for people in the United States by creating multiple cash pay options. We are seeing growing demand coming from outside our current reimbursement landscape, including the type 2 non-intensive space. So we established these programs to help serve these customers as we work to broaden access. International revenue grew 22%, totaling $196 million in the third quarter. International organic revenue growth was 28% for the third quarter. Our international business continues to deliver impressive results as access initiatives completed over the past year are helping us gain market share. For example, in Australia, we are seeing a very positive response to the recently expanded reimbursement for G6. Within weeks, we saw an uptick in demand, and currently, our new customers are trending around three times higher than prior to this expanded access. We have seen this dynamic play out again and again, where broader access can serve as an almost immediate catalyst to demand. As a result, we will continue to prioritize our efforts to make DexCom CGM accessible to many more people across the globe. Our third quarter gross profit was $494.2 million or 64.2% of revenue compared to 68.7% of revenue in the third quarter of 2021. Similar to last quarter, the launch of G7 creates a difficult year-over-year comparison on gross margin as G7 development costs are now included in COGS. This dynamic accounts for some of the expected step down compared to 2021. Additionally, there was a 70 basis point negative impact on gross margin from currency. Absent this, gross margin would have been approximately 65%. Operating expenses were $333 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to $320 million in the third quarter of 2021. Our focus on cost management was on full display this quarter as we generated over 600 basis points of operating expense leverage, despite ongoing investment to support our growth. We drove leverage in every category of spend this quarter while simultaneously offsetting inflationary pressures. Our focus will continue to be on generating leverage in non-variable expenses while reinvesting those savings into our global commercial infrastructure. Operating income was $160.8 million or 20.9% of revenue in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $123.8 million or 19% of revenue in the same quarter of 2021 as our significant operating expense leverage more than offset gross margin declines in the quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was $226.6 million or 29.4% of revenue for the third quarter compared to $173.5 million or 26.7% of revenue for the third quarter of 2021. Net income for the third quarter was $111.9 million or $0.28 per share. We remain in a great financial position, closing the quarter with approximately $2.4 billion worth of cash and cash equivalents. We reached a new high watermark in terms of free cash flow this quarter, generating over $180 million of free cash. This provides us the flexibility to support our ongoing growth opportunity while also assessing any strategic uses of capital on an ongoing basis. Our largest use of capital continues to be the buildup of our Malaysia manufacturing plant. Construction continues to progress on schedule, and we expect this facility to be producing commercial product by mid-next year. This facility will provide us the necessary scale and manufacturing efficiency to support our long-term cost targets. During the third quarter, we also executed our previously announced accelerated share repurchase program, purchasing over $550 million of outstanding shares. This allowed us to reduce the dilution associated with our 2023 convertible notes while buying back our shares at what we viewed as an attractive price point. Turning to guidance, we are updating our full year 2022 revenue guidance to a range of $2.88 billion to $2.91 billion. For margins, we are updating our full year guidance to the following: we are reducing our gross profit margin guidance to approximately 64%, down from 65% previously, and we are maintaining our previous operating margin and adjusted EBITDA margin guidance at 16% and 25%, respectively. This guidance factors in another sizable uptick in currency headwinds relative to expectations we shared a quarter ago. We now expect approximately $55 million of foreign currency headwinds for the full year relative to our prior estimate of around $40 million. This currency impact is the primary reason we found it prudent to reduce our gross margin guidance for 2022. However, we reiterated our operating margin guidance as we expect to offset the additional foreign exchange pressure through ongoing operating expense leverage. We have been able to navigate through a shifting economic environment well to date, but we are certainly not immune to macro pressure. Leading economic indicators continue to point to additional uncertainty in the coming quarters. So we are working proactively to offset these impacts where we can. All these dynamics could create incremental challenges to work through in the near term. We are as bullish as ever about our underlying business and the opportunity ahead for DexCom.
Thanks, Jereme. Our third quarter was characterized by sharp execution and delivering results in line with what we said we were going to do. We're committed to launching G7 internationally in the third quarter, and now we have G7 in five different countries with more following closely behind. We said that our growth rates in the U.S. would reaccelerate as the underlying trends in the business remain strong, and we delivered on an acceleration in the growth rate. We committed to advancing our G7 regulatory process in the U.S., and our efforts this quarter leave us on track for a clearance before the end of the year. We said that the basal-only coverage would be a matter of when, not if. Now we have more clarity around when. We will continue to operate with this type of focus on execution going forward. Finally, as we move into Q&A, we have Jake Leach with us. We recently announced the promotion of Jake to the role of Chief Operating Officer, providing him with end-to-end responsibility for product. With almost two decades of experience at DexCom and serving most recently as our Chief Technology Officer, nobody knows G7 and our product roadmap better than Jake. I would now like to open up the call for Q&A.
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Thank you. Good afternoon, guys. Kevin, I thought I'd start with a question on your international business. You guys have been benefiting in the last few quarters from recent access wins. You talked about those in the prepared remarks. One of your competitors this quarter was dealing with some company-specific issues. So it's kind of hard to get a good feel for what's going on maybe underlying demand trends outside the U.S. So I guess the questions are, are you seeing anything tied to macro uncertainties in your international markets? And with a lot of your international markets paid for through nationalized health care systems, do you consider international to be more or less, I guess, macro sensitive compared to your U.S. business? Thanks.
Jeff, I may ask Jereme to help me on that. I'll take a first pass. We have learned in our U.S. markets getting access to reimbursement through government agencies is absolutely critical and key to driving growth. As we've had wins in the UK, we've had wins in Spain. We've continued to have wins in Germany as we've shifted price to create more access. That's what's driving our growth. We're getting access to more people who can use our technology and utilize our better product. For now, we haven't seen any macro trends that would make us feel that this isn't going to continue. As we gain more access, we will continue to grow and do well. DexCom ONE is going to be a home run for us. G7 is doing very well out of the gate. We look very much forward to a great year internationally in 2023. I don't know, Jereme, if you want to add to that?
No, Jeff, outside the U.S., historically, there's been a cost-sensitive approach towards health care. And that's where DexCom ONE has really played a major role for us in winning some additional access outside the U.S. So we do believe that providing these opportunities around multiple systems to address the need both more acute and less acute provides us with real differentiation. We continue to expect to do well there. And we'll keep you posted if we start to see anything change in terms of macroeconomic demand starting to dampen individual access. But for now, what we see is a great opportunity, and an opportunity, given our product portfolio, to do very, very well there.
Great. Thanks for taking the questions, and congrats on a really good quarter. Maybe I'll ask about the basal opportunity, and this is really exciting here. I just want to try and set expectations for how we should think about updates to the model. First off, when do you think this can really start to impact the model and add new patients? I realize it's about one-third of patients are Medicare. And then expectations, if you have them for reimbursement, should this be at the normal Medicare rate, meaning higher than the pharmacy right now? And when should we start to think about commercial plans coming online? Thanks.
You know what, I'll start with the big picture things. We're starting commercial plans and talking about this now. This is such a big event for us and such a big win that we'd be foolish not to. So we are thinking about this now. Our product offerings, our distribution strategy, and all those things, Robbie, as far as when it's exactly going to hit and go into your models, that's something we'll discuss later. We know the timeframe for this can be anywhere from about four to nine months out as we work through this. But we're confident we're going to get through it. We're just thrilled with the ruling, and we are thrilled that we could be part of this. Our data from the MOBILE study was a large component in pushing this initiative across the finish line because we saw how well those people did. Jereme, if you want to get into more specifics on the numbers side, go ahead.
Sure. Absolutely. So Robbie, the way we're thinking about it now is really it's likely a second half 2023 event just given the time, and so, expect that, but we'll give you more clarity as to how much the contribution is as we guide for 2023. In terms of commercial payers following, we do expect to see that as you certainly think of Medicare Advantage plans. But even as you have folks really progressing throughout their journey, we know that this product ultimately reduces costs from the system, improves lives and outcomes. And so we do expect those to come along as well. In terms of reimbursement, the way that CMS typically reverses it is based on qualification, and this is an expansion of the category of qualification. And so, thus far, it looks like it's reimbursed in line with the existing qualifications. At the end of the day, it's incumbent upon us, and we think we can continue to show it— that the economic benefits of putting somebody on CGM far outweigh the costs. And so it's on us to continue to show that evidence, and we think we can continue to prove that as more and more evidence comes. So we'll get back to you a little bit later in terms of the expectations of 2023 contribution. But that should give you a feel for what we expect over the coming year.
Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for taking my question. I have another question on basal. Also, as we try to think about modeling the annual value of these basal patients, what is a reasonable way to think about frequency for a basal patient? We've heard varying feedback from clinicians, and frankly, it's been tracking higher than we would have thought, maybe 20-plus days per month, but I can't tell if there's any early adopter SKU in that. Just any thoughts there would be helpful. Appreciate it.
Yes. I'll maybe draw you back to the MOBILE study, which was really targeted at folks wearing it full time, which was the basis for CMS coverage. I think what we would see is as folks get on to therapy, we would expect a relatively similar utilization. There might be some dips here and there for various reasons, but for the most part, we expect full-time wear, and that's how we've seen folks get the most benefit. So I'd expect that from there. Clearly, this is a new market for us, but all the early work we've done around patient satisfaction and results indicates that these folks want to wear it full time. We expect that to be the baseline going forward.
Hi, good afternoon, guys. Thanks for taking the questions. I wanted to talk a little bit about U.S. growth. Obviously, you saw a really nice acceleration from Q2 to Q3. So can you provide any context around the growth in new patient adds, how that's trended going into Q3 and more specifically in Q4? And I know you'll love this, but going into 2023, all of this growth is coming in advance of G7 in basal. So why shouldn't we assume even more of an acceleration to occur for several quarters from now? Thanks.
Sure. Yes. Happy to talk about the patient trends. So what we saw kind of rewind back to Q2 was a record for us. Q3, early feedback indicates it's at least equivalent to that of Q2, and we'll get more data here soon. So Q3 was another very strong new patient add quarter for us. When we talked last about expecting a reacceleration, that was based on Q2, and our expectation of a strong Q3. I think we had a very strong Q3. Quite frankly, we expect a strong Q4, which is where you see that reacceleration in the U.S. So we are very bullish on that particular opportunity. And you are right; that is with G6. We obviously are very excited to offer G7 to the U.S. population. As it pertains to momentum moving into 2023, we'll discuss that as we give guidance in 2023. But I think the takeaway here is that we are still very bullish on this business and the opportunity, and we are ecstatic about the opportunity to offer G7.
Great. Thanks for taking my question. Maybe, Jereme, if you could put a little bit finer point on basal for next year? I know you said second half of next year, and you're expecting a lot of wear. But it's going to be pretty early days. A lot of things got to work through. So is it fair to think of it as a fairly modest contributor next year? And then this might be a kind of a question, but you have G7 coming out next year, and then you're going to have new basal patients. Just talk about manufacturing for all these products you're going to need over the next several years. Thank you.
Sure. Yes, let me start with the model expectation. We have Jake here, and I think it will be good for him to talk through the manufacturing. So in terms of how to model it out, Kevin alluded to it earlier. Generally, there's about a six to nine-month period where look, there's a proposal, and things have to go through. As folks start to open up coverage, that’s why we expect that coverage to really start in the back half of 2023. And again, this is a recurring revenue business. There will be a contribution we expect in 2023. However, how material will it be? That’s something we will size up, and we'll make sure as we size it up for you that we provide context for how we're guiding to it in 2023. If things come earlier or things go faster or slower, we'll certainly give you that clarity so that you have it. But our expectation is that there will be a contribution. How material depends on how fast it grows, but still a contribution and really momentum exiting 2023 into 2024. But in terms of capacity, maybe let me turn it over to Jake to give you some context there.
Yea. Thanks, Jereme. From a capacity perspective, we've been gearing up for this G7 launch for quite a while. So we've got G7 lines installed here in San Diego as well as in Mesa. We feel really good about our position to meet the needs of our full G7 U.S. launch as well as the international launches that will continue throughout the year. Also, to remind you that we've got our Malaysia plant coming online next year, which should also help boost our capacity. So I feel really good about the ability to provide both G6 and G7 products.
Thank you for taking the question. DexCom ONE launched in, I think you said, six geographies outside the United States. How is that ramping? How should we think about that contributing? Because I was starting to put together in my mind like your core base business, you layer on top of that G7 benefit. You layer on top of that DexCom ONE and, of course, basal. What's the layer for DexCom ONE?
I'm not going to get into numbers, and we'll get into models later, Joanne. I can tell you again, I'll reiterate our comments on the call. There are many geographies where CGM is accepted, where we have been isolated to higher-risk patients, patients on pumps, or severe hypoglycemia. We were reimbursed more, but we were narrowly viewed. In many of these geographies now with DexCom ONE and our lower-cost offering, but with real-time CGM and the accuracy and other features we deliver, we're now able to compete for those customers. That will be a very important level of business for us, particularly in Europe going forward and other countries and other places where we need to launch it. That will be a layer—I mean, our core business, our core G Series product is going to be our primary source of revenue for a while. But over time, you will see all these elements grow bigger and take a larger piece of the pie. Jereme, you build the models. Why don’t you add a little more?
Yes. So Joanne, I completely understand the question and how to model it. I think what I would say is in 2022, this is a business just getting started. So it's not a material contributor this year. However, we understand the challenge. We will make sure that we're able to identify what the contribution looks like as we start to give forward-looking guidance over time. Just rest assured, as that business gets bigger, we'll start to give you line of sight into that. For now, what's most important is we've unlocked an incredible amount of TAM, and that’s super important as we think about how many new patients we're certainly going to be bringing in. So more to come there; we'll certainly help you with models going forward. But for now, just know that DexCom ONE is a relatively small contributor this year, and we'll talk about 2023 here in a few months.
Good afternoon. Thanks. Just a quick one. I may have missed this, but did you talk about volume growth in the quarter? And if not, can you? And maybe comment on any geographic differences? Thanks.
Sure. Yes. So we were in the unit volume in the mid- to upper 30s globally. In terms of the performance, the U.S. was slightly below that but still in the mid-30s, and OUS was slightly above that in the upper 30s. We continued strong momentum in that patient cohort or that underlying patient volume.
Good evening. This is Nathan Treybeck on for Larry. In terms of your comments around G7 U.S. launch timing by year-end, is there anything that still needs to be done? And then how soon after the approval do you expect a full launch? And how should we think about the ramp? Is there any reason why it should be different from G6?
Yes, thanks for the question. This is Jake. I'll take that one. So yes, we responded to the FDA in Q3 with the answers to their final questions. We feel really good about how that positions us for approval in Q4, so before the end of the year. We're really planning our launch to occur in Q1. That will be a full launch, and our status with the FDA is we've gone back and forth and are feeling really good about this being the end of the review period. We're very confident in that Q4 approval timing and a Q1 U.S. launch.
Hi. Thanks very much for taking the question. I wanted to double-click on some of your commentary on DexCom ONE and thinking about your portfolio strategy as you get G7 out there. I guess, can you talk a little bit more about how you're going to use G7, G6, and ONE together to kind of meet customers where they're at in different markets around the world? What are some of the different flavors or different ways you could use that portfolio?
Yes, this is Kevin. I'll take that at a high level. Certainly, our G Series product, our G7 is going to be our flagship product when we roll it out. And we're very comfortable with that being a home run. There will be some countries where G6 is so new, it's not going to be prudent to rush G7 into those geographies. We can let that customer base grow while we expand others. So we look at G6 and G7 in a very similar light regarding their features, connectivity, and all the things that they do. With DexCom ONE currently on a G6 platform, we have areas where we need to grow, and we need to get there fast. That product will remain on the G6 platform for now. We are not ready to move it to G7. Our existing G7 capacity will be used to sell G7s in the beginning and strengthen ourselves in our current business and where we are doing very well with our partners. Ultimately, DexCom ONE will shift to that platform, and we'll roll out that way. As you look at DexCom ONE, we've said many times that product is for two major purposes. The first is to enter new geographies with an online e-commerce type business and launch it as we have in those first four countries where CGM is reimbursed. We face this situation where there are two types of CGMs they will pay for: those for the high-risk patient with connectivity and other features we've always had on the G Series. The other focus is to use DexCom ONE as a vehicle to enter those markets and utilize our capacity to serve customers better than they've ever had before. That is the plan for now.
Yes. And I would just add to that. And I don't want this point to be lost. Look at our operating performance this quarter. Record cash flows— as a former CFO, that’s something I love to see. We've managed our business tightly. As we look at these, we are working on new product lines. Your question is very on point. We're looking at the cost structure every bit as much as we are on the product launch. If we get to the end of this road with these launches and these products across the new markets, we expect our operating margins to remain acceptable as we increase our customer base dramatically.
All right. Good evening. Thanks for the question. I wanted to just ask about the sequential acceleration in Q3 of revenue growth. And either if you could quantify or just qualitatively describe the contributions from your new pump partner. And just on that topic, if you can just remind us of the requirements once G7 is approved to integrate G7 into the Tandem insulin pumps. Any steps that you can highlight, and what your expectations are on that front? Can anything be done in front of G7 approval with year-over-year partners?
Sure, I'll start with the contribution. And let me turn it over to Jake who is our maestro on product development and understanding products. In terms of contribution, look, we're very excited about both Tandem and Insulet products. As they launch more and more products that we are obviously integrated with, we expect it to contribute. Now quantifying that and having those contributions. It's a little bit difficult given that some patients were already on DexCom CGM before pulling in a pump, and some come over. As time moves on, we'll be able to really tease that apart. But I think what we would say is we're still bullish about the opportunity of folks utilizing our products with these incredible pump partners. I’ll leave it as is for now because it does get complicated, but as we move forward, we’ll be able to create retrospective feedback. In terms of connectivity and timelines on G7 integration, let me turn it to Jake.
Yes. Thanks, Jereme. So on G7 integration with our pump partners, basically, the steps are to make a few updates on the pump side to take advantage of the new features that are within G7 such as the fast warm-up and the grace period. Those groups are already working on that for quite a while. We do see great progress on those integrations. They've gone through kind of final steps of development and validation. A lot of the work can be, to your point, done ahead of time. When it comes to specific timing of approvals and launches, we'll leave that to our pump partners. We're progressing rapidly, and we do expect them to be integrated soon. One thing I'll note is that on our other side, our digital health partners, for example, in Europe where we have G7 out, those that are connected to our real-time API already have G7 integrations. For example, Sugarmate is a group that's already consuming G7 data within their app at the beginning of the launch. So we are very excited about the opportunity to bring more to the ecosystem with G7.
Thanks a lot, everybody. This was a great quarter for us with growth, excitement related to our product launches, expanding global access and performance on the bottom line as well, in a time when the world is full of chaos, we've done what we said we were going to do yet again. Our teams are just executing very well as we press towards the end of the year and look to build momentum next year. I want to thank our team members for their hard work to strive towards these goals. It is all hands on deck to get G7 done, to get DexCom ONE out in these markets, and do all the things we are trying to do. But I want to close with a special note. I want to thank all the members of the diabetes community that have been working together to help improve access to CGM technology. The recent CMS proposal represents a big win for people with diabetes. We're only one member of a large group advocating for this result. This was a collective effort from the diabetes community on behalf of the diabetes community. We want to acknowledge the hard work that led to this proposal, both inside and outside of DexCom and share our excitement to help so many more people with diabetes in the U.S. live healthier lives, and this is only the beginning.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This will conclude today's teleconference. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.