India is home to more than 77 million diabetic patients according to International Diabetes Federation and in 2019 diabetes was reported as the direct cause of 1.5 million deaths, as per World Health Organization.
This data on diabetic patients also correlates with the presence of other chronic conditions in these patients. As per the recently released India Diabetes Study supported by Eris Lifesciences, an average HbA1c value of 8.1% in newly diagnosed T2DM patients in India.
