Ian Thompson, Vice-President of Account & Business Development at Ypsomed, takes us through the recent history of diabetes and obesity therapeutics, the innovative peptide hormone molecules that have reached the market over the past decades and the equally innovative devices developed to deliver them. He addresses the growing challenge of "diabesity" and shows that diabetes and obesity will continue to influence self-injection device development substantially.

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                                                Ian Thompson
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                    VP of Account & Business Development 
                                                    Ypsomed
                                                
                                             
                                            
                                                Ian Thompson has been with Ypsomed AG, formerly Disetronic AG, since 1995 in a number of roles in key account management and business development working with pharma companies to develop and bring to market innovative self-injection systems. He studied biochemistry and biotechnology in the UK from 1979-1983 and has worked in medical device companies since moving to Switzerland in 1990. Since 2003 his main focus has been business development and new product innovation for Ypsomed Delivery Systems Platform Products: pen, autoinjector, wearable and connected injector technologies.