10 years of the Commission on Laboratory Diagnostics in Diabetology: what has been achieved, and what’s next?

Abstract The Commission on Laboratory Diagnostics in Diabetology was founded in 2015 at the suggestion and with the support of the Executive Board of the German Diabetes Society (DDG) and the German Society of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL), with the aim of addressing methodological aspects for the reliable measurement of clinical chemistry measurands such as glucose, HbA 1c , insulin, C-peptide, antibodies, etc. This mini-review looks back on the work of the KLD over the past 10 years and briefly outlines current activities and future steps.