Healthtech firm to grow Edinburgh headcount

0 EMEA boss John Lister notes that Dexcom’s Scottish site has increased from three to 50 staff

A healthtech business that enables diabetics to continuously monitor their glucose levels is looking to expand its workforce in Scotland after opening a base in Edinburgh.

San Diego firm Dexcom was founded in 1999.

John Lister who heads its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), told The Scotsman that it focuses on type one diabetes, where patients need to inject insulin. It offers monitoring using sensors connected to smart devices, avoiding the

need for finger stick blood samples.

In 2016 it opened the Scottish site, its EMEA base, starting with three staff and where 50 of its 75 UK workers are now based.“it’s a new sort of company and new technology to the Edinburgh landscape,” Lister added.

Now the plan is to keep growing headcount at a similar pace in the capital (“we will certainly continue to invest in the Edinburgh office”) while the firm is looking to broaden into Asia and eastern Europe.