Diabetes & Metabolic Panel — Vamn
Diabetes & Metabolic Panel · A Special Report

The Silent
Epidemic
of Our Time.

589 million adults are living with diabetes worldwide — and the number is rising faster than any health system can respond. This is the story of how diagnostic precision is rewriting the outcome.

1in9
Adults Affected
"By 2050, 853 million adults will live with diabetes. The question is no longer if — but how prepared we are." — IDF Diabetes Atlas, 10th ed.

Three moments that
define a patient's journey.

Every diabetes care pathway hinges on three diagnostic decisions. Get them right, and you change lives. Get them wrong, and the cost — human and economic — compounds for decades.

Diabetes is not a single event — it is a lifelong narrative. From the first suspicious blood sugar reading to the daily finger-prick ritual, to the quarterly HbA1c check that determines whether treatment is working, every step requires a diagnostic answer.

"We don't treat diabetes. We treat the decisions made at three critical moments in a patient's life." — Clinical Director, Vamn IVD Division

Our portfolio is architected around these three moments: Diagnosis — identifying patients before complications begin. Daily Monitoring — empowering self-management at the point of care. Compliance Monitoring — the 2–4 times per year when clinicians need gold-standard HbA1c data to adjust therapy.

From the compact HumaMeter A1c that fits in a primary care clinic, to the H100 Plus HPLC system that anchors a national reference laboratory, we meet every facility where it is — not where we wish it to be.

Diagnosis of the disease — identify patients Daily (Self-) Monitoring Compliance Monitoring (~2–4 x / yr)
HbA1c
GLU
GLU
HbA1c
Diagnosis
Daily
Compliance

The Diabetes Atlas

Seven regions. One crisis. The burden of diabetes is not distributed equally — and neither is the access to diagnosis.

N. America & Caribbean56M
Europe66M
S. & Central America35M
Africa25M
Middle East & N. Africa85M
South-East Asia107M
Western Pacific215M
589M
Adults Living with Diabetes
1 in 9 adults aged 20–79. Predicted to rise to 853 million by 2050.
3.4M
Deaths in 2024
One life lost every 9 seconds to diabetes-related complications.
$1T+
Global Health Expenditure
A 338% increase in diabetes spending over the last 17 years.

Facts that should
keep us awake.

Diabetes is a huge and growing problem. The costs to society are high — and escalating. These are the numbers every healthcare leader must know.

FACT 01

The most deadly NCD under 60.

Diabetes is the most deadly Non-Communicable Disease in people under 60 — stealing decades of productive life, often silently.

FACT 02

12% of global health expenditure.

Nearly one in every eight dollars spent on healthcare worldwide goes to diabetes — $727 billion annually and climbing.

FACT 03

Growth in the next 20 years.

In the next two decades, the number of diabetes patients will grow in most countries — outpacing the capacity of existing diagnostic infrastructure.

FACT 04

A healthcare cost burden.

Diabetes is not just a clinical challenge — it is a macroeconomic one. Every dollar spent on complications could have been spent on prevention with earlier diagnosis.

FACT 05

338% cost increase in 17 years.

Global diabetes health expenditure has risen from under $300B to over $1T in less than two decades — an unsustainable trajectory.

FACT 06

1 death every 9 seconds.

In 2024, diabetes was responsible for 3.4 million deaths. Behind each number is a family, a community, a lost future.

Meeting every lab
where it is.

From point-of-care to national reference laboratories, our portfolio is designed to meet facilities at their throughput level — not force them into a one-size model.

Throughput →
HumaMeter A1c
HumaMeter A1c
Point-of-Care
HumaNexA1c Varian
HumaNexA1c Varian
< Lab
H100 Plus
H100 Plus
> Lab · HPLC
Point-of-Care
< Lab
> Lab

Beyond the price tag.

True value in diagnostics is measured in outcomes prevented, time saved, and trust earned — not in unit cost alone.

01

Clinical Confidence

NGSP-certified HbA1c methods. IFCC-aligned results. Every number your clinicians rely on is traceable, reproducible, and defensible.

02

Lifecycle Partnership

24/7 technical support, ISO calibration, preventive maintenance, and clinical education — we stay with the instrument long after installation day.

03

Total Cost of Clarity

Fewer repeats. Fewer misdiagnoses. Fewer complications downstream. The real cost saving happens where the spreadsheet can't see it — in patient outcomes.

Every test is a decision. Every decision is a life.

Behind every HbA1c result is a patient who will either receive the right therapy at the right time — or wait another three months while their complications deepen.

At Vamn, we don't sell analyzers. We sell the certainty that when a clinician looks at a number, they can act on it. That certainty is what transforms diabetes from a silent epidemic into a manageable condition.

This is the value of diagnostic precision. This is why we exist.

853M
Predicted by 2050
9 sec
Between each death
338%
Cost increase in 17 years
Data Sources & References
[01]
IDF Diabetes Atlas, 10th Edition
International Diabetes Federation, 2021 — Global prevalence, projections to 2045 & 2050, regional breakdown. diabetesatlas.org
[02]
IDF Diabetes Atlas, 11th Edition Update (2024)
Updated global figures: 589 million adults (20–79) living with diabetes; 3.4 million deaths in 2024. diabetesatlas.org
[03]
WHO Global Report on Diabetes
World Health Organization — Non-communicable disease mortality, diabetes as leading cause of death under 60. who.int
[04]
Global Health Expenditure on Diabetes
IDF / WHO estimates — USD 1+ trillion health expenditure attributable to diabetes; 338% increase over 17 years; 12% of global health spend. diabetesatlas.org/resources
[05]
NGSP & IFCC HbA1c Standardization
National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program & International Federation of Clinical Chemistry — Reference methods for HbA1c. ngsp.org
[06]
ISO 15189 — Medical Laboratories
International Organization for Standardization — Requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories. iso.org
All epidemiological and economic figures cited in this report are drawn from publicly available data published by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the World Health Organization (WHO), and peer-reviewed clinical literature. Product claims are based on manufacturer specifications and NGSP/IFCC certification documentation.