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Nice to see @WSJ recognize top 25 tech companies to change the world. Number #4 looks wonderfully familiar: @virtahealth wsj.com/graphics/tech-…
Sami Inkinen
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Sami Inkinen
@samiinkinen
Taking T2Diabetes reversal mainstream @VirtaHealth. CoFounder @Trulia. Data Geek. 8h24min Ironman & Triathlon world champ (ag). Rower activist @FatChanceRow.org
- I'm saddened that ~3k people have already died due to Coronavirus globally or about ~70/day since the tracking started. That's 3k too many. In comparison, during the same period ~40,000 people have died due to diabetes in the U.S. alone. Or ~1,000/day. With much less outrage :-(
- Proud to announce Virta's $65M Series D, led by our partners at @sequoia - this means even faster scaling of our T2 diabetes reversal treatments for the benefit of millions of patients & payers nationwide. Still Day One @virtahealth - much more to come!
- If you’ve had T2 diabetes for 24yrs, been on insulin for 15yrs, take 290units of insulin/day ($50,000/y++ cost); What’s the predicted outcome? Accelerated death or amputations? Apparently you can still reverse the disease and get off 100% of insulin. True:
- Dr. Sarah Hallberg was and continues to be a daily inspiration to me and our @virtahealth team. Her passing is sad beyond words, but I'm very grateful our paths crossed in this life. Rest in Peace Sarah.
- From a happy @virtahealth provider (MD) about a Virta patient today: "Starting labs included a1c of 11.8%, glucose of 539, and triglycerides of >1200. At one year, a1c is 4.9%, glucose 116, and triglycerides 220, without adding any meds." True health care - not sick care.
- Imagine living with HIV/AIDS and not being told there's a life saving treatment. That'd be unethical? Yet, too many ppl suffering from Type 2 Diabetes are being told they're living with a life sentence without a parole. Not true - T2D can be reversed: medium.com/@samiinkinen/s…
- Our real success measure at @virtahealth is how many patients’ t2 diabetes we’ve safely and sustainably *reversed*, yet I’m excited to share that we’ve just raised a $45m Series-B to accelerate our growth and treat more patients! blog.virtahealth.com/with-45-millio…
- I was interviewing a software engineer today @virtahealth and after hearing about our clinical outcomes he asked: "So...why would a physician ever prescribe insulin or other drugs for T2 diabetes if they can prescribe Virta?" Good question to contemplate...
- What if there was a diabetes drug that delivered these results after two years on it? These are the exact @virtahealth treatment results at 2yrs, now published. (Longer write up and summary: blog.virtahealth.com/2yr-t2d-trial-…) CC: @ProfTimNoakes
- Prediction: multi-billion dollar health care & wellness innovations and businesses in our near future(today) to lower total health care costs: * how to sleep * how to eat * how to move * how to think (be mindful) ...all of which would have seemed insane 100 or 1,000 years ago.
- When the building sign goes up, you know it's real (or at least it feels real). @virtahealth has grown up - no more dorm room!
- Exciting @virtahealth T2 diabetes reversal news: Q: Can T2D be reversed quickly? A: Yes in under 10wks as shown in our clinical trial Q: But can T2D reversal then be sustained for two+ years in most patients? A: Yes. Our 2yr peer-reviewed results here: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
