Unique team & experience
GlucoModicum is transforming how people monitor their glucose levels with precise, needle-free magnetohydrodynamic technology, empowering people to live healthier lives. We have a multidisciplinary team with two senior professors and multiple PhDs with expertise in physics, bio-electronics, bio-sensors and medicine. GlucoModicum’s leadership team has an exceptional track record building technology and MedTech businesses. Everything we do is backed up with extensive scientific data and we hold a global IPR portfolio concerning enabling technology and integrated solutions.
Functional Leads
Commercial, General Management and Operations
JOKKE MÄKI
Managing Director
+18 yrs experience in High Tech industries: Microsoft, Nokia, Deloitte, Oracle
Physics and Bio-electronics
EDWARD HÆGGSTRÖM
Scientific Advisor, Chairman of the Board
Senior Professor, Physics & Electronics Research Lab
University of Helsinki, Harvard, Stanford
ALEJANDRO GARCIA
Chief Technology Officer
PhD, Bio-electronics
University of Helsinki
Bio-sensors, polymers, analytical chemistry
JOHAN BOBACKA
Scientific Advisor
Senior Professor, Analytical Chemistry
Åbo Akademi University
ZHANNA BOEVA
Sensor Lead
PhD, Bio-sensors & Polymers
Åbo Akademi University
Moscow State University
Biophysics
TUULI HAKALA
Senior R&D Scientist
PhD, Chemistry & biophysics, supramolecular systems, Microfluidics
University of Cambridge, Stanford University of School of Medicine, Aalto University
Medicine: Diabetes
KIM PETTERSSON-FERNHOLM
Chief Medical Officer
Medical Doctor
HUS*
Long clinical experience and research on Diabetes
Medicine: Dermatology
JUHA-MATTI ALAKOSKELA
Medical and R&D Advisor
Medical Doctor
HUS*
In addition to Medicine Juha-Matti has broad experience on advanced physics.
Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling
LAURA ZSCHAECHNER
Data Lead
PhD, Astro physics
Extensive experience of data calibration and analysis, image analysis, deep learning, signal processing and detection, big data, and dynamical modelling
Finca, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, University of New Mexico
Quality Assurance and Regulatory Approvals
REETA SAUKKONEN
QARA Lead
Licentiate of Science, Health technology
+14 yrs experience of medical and IVD devices development, biomedical engineering, risk management, regulatory compliance and quality assurance.
Medicine, Medical devices, Usability, Public Healthcare
KITI MULLER
Senior Medical Advisor
Medical Doctor, PhD
Adjunct Professor (Docent) in Neurology at Helsinki University Hospital and in Cognitive Ergonomics at Aalto University.
Extensive experience in clinical research, medical technology and health wearables R&D, focused on usability and human factors.
*HUS
Helsinki University Hospital is one of the leading health care organizations in Europe.
HUS Helsinki University Hospital consists of 23 different hospitals. HUS takes care of over 540,000 individual patients every year, including more than 2 million patient visits per year.
R&D and Productization Operations
We have a diverse and high calibre team consisting more than 20 experts covering:
- BioPhysics
- Bioelectronics
- Biosensors and Polymers
- Medicine
- Clinical trials
- Medical device development
- Embedded software development
- Super computing and FEM modelling
- Quality Assurance and Regulatory Approvals
- Large scale diagnostics and laboratory operations
- Commercial development
- Medical device sales and distribution
Partners
We are always looking to parter with industry leaders to enable us to continue to develop our needle-free glucose monitoring technology.
Products and Solutions
License a complete, integrated product blueprint and solution.
Enabling Technology
License selected GlucoModicum technology components in order to create your own products.
Consumable Sensors
Partner with GlucoModicum in creating sensors for different analytes – in mass scale.
GlucoModicum holds a global IPR portfolio related to enabling technology and integrated solutions.
GlucoModicum needle-free health monitoring blueprint combines advanced bioelectronics, biochemistry, physics, AI, electromechanics, connectivity, embedded SW and operating system. Blueprint has been designed and optimized to a level which enables efficient manufacturing of high volumes (millions of units).
Network
We work with world-class companies and experts.
World-class capabilities: complex electro-mechanics, connectivity, materials mgmt, SW, HW and productization.
IoT Forge supports Finnish SME and Start-up companies which work with IoT products and solutions. Focus is to speed up the time from idea to its validation and lower the owner risk level.
Haltian is a boutique Hi Tech product development company: product design, concepting and creation of a complete product – Ready for mass manufacturing. Haltian conducts “special projects” for multiple global corporations.
Clinius is a device CRO with main focus on clinical trials and ISO 13485 Quality Management consulting.
Clinius is Finland’s leading clinical trial company having more than 20 years experience with supporting device development.
Mectalent Medical is a leading expert in Medical Device registrations worldwide covering MD, IVD, AIMD and Clinical Evaluation. Mectalent has conducted hundreds of CE and FDA 510(k) registrations.
Business Finland has provided significant support and funding to GlucoModicum.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has opened heavy doors to GlucoModicum in different parts of the world concerning local partnering.
https://um.fi/team-finland-services-offered-for-companies-by-the-ministry-for-foreign-affairs
GlucoModicum is closely connected to different universities and related scientific networks and know-how.
University of Helsinki. Est 1640. A community of 40 000 employees and students. https://www.helsinki.fi/en/university
Åbo Akademi University. Est 1918. A community of 6 600 employees and students. https://www.abo.fi/en/
Other universities.
Team
GlucoModicum is built on collaboration, with space for unique individuals to show their brilliance.
We believe diversity enables us to create unexpected results. We have leading experts and know-how covering different functional areas. Our team members come from Europe, Latin-America, North-America, Russia and Asia.
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