Press and Media

With an experienced team of in-house experts in gut health and diagnostics, we’re always open to providing our unique insight. To discuss potential media enquiries, or to interview one of our experts at OMED Health, please contact our press office below:

Press and Media Enquiries

About Omed Health

OMED Health is a dedicated, patient-centric brand and digital platform that will offer patients and clinicians access to breath-based diagnostic tests, point-of-care (PoC) devices, and support resources for a range of conditions.

We are currently focused on digestive diseases such as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), and carbohydrate malabsorption conditions like lactose intolerance. It is thought that a significant number of people who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have SIBO. With symptoms such as chronic digestive symptoms like abdominal pain, changes to bowel habits, bloating, and nausea, this can be very disruptive to everyday life and reduce quality of life substantially.

Our clinically-validated breath testing kits, and new portable breath analyzer will help individuals with gut health issues have an improved quality of life by enabling better, and faster, understanding and management of their conditions.

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Spokespeople

Billy Boyle

Billy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Owlstone Medical, with OMED Health being a division of Owlstone. Billy has spoken to the media across a variety of topics, including wearable/portable medical technology and the involvement these devices will play in healthcare, the current limitations of healthcare and where breath analysis can provide benefit, and more.

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Dr Rui Lopes

Rui is a medical doctor and clinical researcher, and is our medical advisor. Rui’s experience as a physician has allowed him to successfully develop a career in clinical development and research, where he has worked extensively in gastroenterology, respiratory disease, and several other therapeutic areas. Rui has written several articles and spoken during podcasts about gastroenterology, the role of SIBO in clinical practice, IBS management, and breath analysis.

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Dr Nabeetha Nagalingam

Nabeetha is a Principal Translational Scientist. Ever since completing her PhD, Nabeetha has worked in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry, and finally arriving with us. In total, that makes 15 years of expertise in microbiome research. Nabeetha has written several expert media articles and given presentations around gut health, the gut microbiome, and the role that breath analysis can play in improving healthcare for those with gastrointestinal, and other issues.

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FAQs

What is OMED Health’s main goal?

People living with digestive health issues currently feel let down. They’re waiting years to get a diagnosis and have little choice but to live their daily lives in discomfort, with many turning to fad diets, supplements, apps, and devices that have little or no scientific basis. Through OMED Health, we are deploying our breath analysis technology, developed with the support of gut health experts, to provide people with a solution they can trust. Our aim is simple – helping the billion people globally with digestive health issues live normal lives.

What impact will this have for patients?

The OMED Health App can be used to build a profile of digestive health that can be used to provide reports and monitor the progress of disease in response to therapy and on an ongoing basis. Visualization tools allow users and their doctors to start to see how symptoms are connected to diet and other factors through clinically validated biomarkers of digestive health hydrogen and methane. Breath testing can help clinicians reduce patient uncertainty and help them feel more in control over their disease and is simple to perform, meaning that it can be done in the comfort of one’s home without any additional cost.

How much are the HMBT tests / OMED Health Breath Analyzer?

The breath testing kits are available to the NHS at costs below the NHS tariff. For private tests, insurance companies can be billed directly. The price of the device depends on several factors, such as the number of devices that will be required, and the context of how they are intended to be used. Please contact us about the affiliate programme.

Are the tests and devices available to the public or only through clinical pathways?

Patients can self-refer themselves for a breath testing kit, or can receive a kit through a clinical pathway with their doctor. The OMED Health Breath Analyzer is available to the public, and anyone can sign up for the waitlist to purchase a device.