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- Type 1
A University of Florida biotech spinoff has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise $1,000,000 to advance development of their groundbreaking needle-free, temperature stable insulin patches. These patches are expected to replace billions of painful needle injections every year and improve the lives patients around the world with Type I and Type II diabetes as well as those who are pre-diabetic.
Founded by former faculty at UF and Harvard Medical School, Stephen Hsu, MD-PhD, Prometheon Pharma seeks to improve not only individual patients' lives, but also significantly reduce the burden of healthcare costs on nations and society.
"Diabetes and prediabetes is a global epidemic. The treatment method has not made any significant improvements since 1922 with patients needing at least one needle prick per day to as many as five or six," said Dr. Hsu. "They have to carry these needles everywhere they go and if they so much as miss one dose, the outcome can be very dangerous."
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2098738
I sometimes wonder if these scientists should inject themselves daily with saline so that they would realise the biggest problem is not the 'pain' of injections. And anyway, it doesn't eliminate fingerpricks 🙄
Founded by former faculty at UF and Harvard Medical School, Stephen Hsu, MD-PhD, Prometheon Pharma seeks to improve not only individual patients' lives, but also significantly reduce the burden of healthcare costs on nations and society.
"Diabetes and prediabetes is a global epidemic. The treatment method has not made any significant improvements since 1922 with patients needing at least one needle prick per day to as many as five or six," said Dr. Hsu. "They have to carry these needles everywhere they go and if they so much as miss one dose, the outcome can be very dangerous."
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2098738
I sometimes wonder if these scientists should inject themselves daily with saline so that they would realise the biggest problem is not the 'pain' of injections. And anyway, it doesn't eliminate fingerpricks 🙄