Professor of Diabetes Medicine at Newcastle University, Newcastle on Tyne, UK Professor Philip Home is Professor of Diabetes Medicine at Newcastle University. He was Vice-chair of the NICE Appraisal Committee, the UK Drug Reimbursement Advisory Committee and Consultant Physician in Newcastle (both to 2011), and has been Clinical Lead to UK and International Diabetes Federation guidelines. He was previously President of IDF Europe and Vice-President of the IDF. He was the Programme Committee Chair for IDF World Diabetes Congress, Montreal, 2009. Prof Home's major research interest is new therapies for diabetes management, both insulin and oral agents – with over 390 full length publications.