The distribution of insulin for Type 1 diabetes is improved by new technology from Fada Medical.

Fada is yet another high-potential start-up to emerge from the University of Galway’s established, multidisciplinary innovation ecosystem, and the newly established business is currently working to commercialise its technology with the aid of a commercialisation grant from Enterprise Ireland worth just over €500,000. It anticipates breaking apart from the institution in about a year.

Those with Type 1 diabetes now have a far higher quality of life thanks to insulin pumps. The ISC or infusion set cannula, the most important part of the pump, has a limited lifespan and a high failure rate, making them far from ideal.

“The ISC is a small tube which is inserted into the subcutaneous tissue and it’s the only way to get the insulin from the pump into the body. The problem is that an ISC only lasts two to three days before it has to be changed. This constantly interrupts the delivery of insulin and can have a negative impact on blood-glucose control,” explains Rob Wylie, a co-founder of Fada Medical and the inventor of the innovative infusion technology that gives cannulas a 30-day lifespan.

The company is starting along the financial path to secure a seed round in the neighbourhood of €5 million while simultaneously making preparations for regulatory approval and preclinical and clinical testing. Before Fada’s invention is patient-ready, which generally takes a long time due to the lengthy approval process for medical equipment, it will be about 2027.

The market for insulin pump manufacturers will expand in the years to come, and Fada will sell its solution to them. Nowadays, only 10% of people with Type 1 diabetes utilise pumps. Also, more Type 2 individuals are being given pumps as time goes on.

 

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