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#CKD with Tom Collings of Kalium Health

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Founding CEO Tom Collings talks to us about Kalium Health and managing kidney disease.


Did you know that 800 million people are affected by kidney disease around the world, costing $2 billion to manage kidney disease in US alone?


Tom talks to us about:


·       His background as an engineer, to helping startups, to building a company

·       Founding the company with three amazing women – Fiona Karet, Tanya Hutter, Liz Norgett,

·       His tips to ‘just do it, life is too short to watch for the side lines’ and bringing others along on the journey

·       Following Andy Richards well-known narrative that “Cambridge is a low-risk place to do high risk things”

·       Manufacturing in Cambridge at prototype scale to get the product into the hands of clinics and clinical services, launching initially in the US

·       Initial funding from Cambridge investors – Cambridge Angels, Martlet Capital – any timely opportunities for new professional investors during 2024

·       We talk about medical insight and scientific innovation from an original idea to clinical trials.


Tune in to hear all of this, and much more.










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