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Roche, a global leader in diabetes management systems and services, and the Jothydev’s Diabetes Research Centre based here will jointly develop a Centre of Excellence to fight diabetes across South India.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed here on Thursday. The Centre of Excellence will deepen education and raise awareness about diabetes and the different ways it can be treated, a spokesman said here.
Upgrading skill-sets
Roche will facilitate training and education for healthcare professionals at this Centre in order to upgrade their skill-sets by teaching them about iPDM (Integrated Personalised Diabetes Management), a new model of diabetes treatment. The company will also provide clinical research and patient support.
Gaurav Laroia, General Manager, Roche Diabetes Care India, said that there is tremendous opportunity to partner closely with different stakeholders to help manage the rising prevalence of diabetes in India.
"The MoU to set up the Centre of Excellence pairs our expertise in advanced diabetes management with Jothydev’s experience in holistic diabetes care.”
Jothydev Kesavadev, founder Chairman and Managing Director of Jothydev’s Diabetes Research, said that the high failure rates in current treatment are often due to the underuse of life-saving, available, and emerging technologies.
"The Centre of Excellence will help in delivering practice-changing and life-saving technologies in diabetes. Medication and behavioural therapies can bring about a change only when integrated with patient-friendly devices and physician-friendly interpretations."
Major strengths
Jothydev’s Diabetes Research Centres is a pioneer in evidence based technologies, telemedicine and team-based care with a proven track record over two decades.
Its major strength is the practice of structured glucose monitoring programmes integrated with training, teaching and customised treatment protocols.
It has introduced latest therapies and technologies such as newer oral medications, insulin, insulin pumps, glucose sensors and AI (artificial intelligence)-based platforms.
ISO-certified, it is the International Diabetes Federation-approved Centre of Excellence in Diabetes Care and Excellence in Education in Kerala.
It is known for its unique telemedicine-based follow-up facility and virtual consultations and caters to the requirements of thousands of patients in more than 25 countries.
The centre is also known for original research in the field of diabetes published in indexed medical journals and has presented at scientific conventions at both national and international levels.
The centre also publishes a free monthly Internet-based diabetes newsletter ‘JDC Diabetes Gems’ since 2008 to impart education to the patients and medical fraternity.
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