Nodensa Mile Stones

APRIL 2006
"What can I do?" That was the question 52 year old Magnus Larsson from Sweden, asked his diabetes nurse when he was diagnosed with Diabetes Type-2, in 2006. The answer was life style chances, such as increasing physical activity and being more aware of food and drink intake. This was not to to mention the fact that he should stop smoking. According to the nurse these changes were crucial in order ease the disease, prevent side effects and balance the blood sugar.

"How will I manage to change my life style without more support and knowledge from the health care professionals?" That question was raised a few days later by Magnus to his friend Mats Sköld, an entrepreneur with experience from the Swedish health care sector. After a few hours of discussions, they both realized that they had the network and knowledge to develop a digital toolbox, for the 300,000 people diagnosed with diabetes in Sweden. This toolbox could be used in interaction between the medical professionals and patients. The project "Diabetes Coach" was started.

JUNE 2006
The IT company "Nodensa AB", was formed six months later, together with business developers Martin Ohlsson and Daniel Arenholm. Together, they form the management of Nodensa. They possess substantional experience and knowledge in world wide health care, technology, marketing and business development.Throughout 2006 the technology behind the first product was developed.

MARCH 2007
The first software application by Nodensa; DiabetesCoach™ was introduced in March of 2007. In development of DiabetesCoach and for the future product portfolio, Nodensa has recruited a senior scientific advisory board, and a team of experts for each product area. DiabetesCoach in Europe is based on guidelines developed by EASD and DNSG, 25 years of united research and expertise in diabetes and prevention of diabetes.

AUGUST 2007
DiabetesCoach was first launched in Finland and is sold through the pharmacy chains directly to consumers. As of November 2006 DiabetesCoach in Sweden is mainly promoted and sold through Roche Diagnostics and its Accu-Chek Club. The Nordic market is seen as a test market to prove the concept and the product functions as intended.

FUTURE
Nodensa's mission is to develop life style related software applications for wellness and health care. In the beginning of 2008 Nodensa aims to launch PegnancyCoach™ and HypertensionCoach™, the third and fourth software out of many to come.

Nodensa now also provides its technology as private label and co-branding.