Allermates Mark

1. Safeguarding kids with allergies and asthma
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2. Children’s Health and Wellness
AllerMates is more than just a pretty face. It’s a company
dedicated to the health and wellness of children. We provide:
• Allergy and health alert products
• Educational material to schools, health centers and physician
offices
• Consulting to global pharmaceutical and health insurance
companies
• Anonymized data analytics and research

3. AllerMates Product
Allergy and Asthma Alert Products for Kids
Wristbands
Dog tags
Stickers
Medicine carrying cases
… and more
And in Late 2012; MediMates branded products for:
Diabetes
Autism
Cancer
… and other children’s ailments

4. What’s All the Talk About?

5. Allergies and Kids
• One out of every 12 children, or 11.8 million, has a food allergy according
to "Pediatrics," the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (2011)
• 40 percent of these children have a history of severe reactions.
• “Pediatrics” reports an increase in the incidence of food allergies of 18%
between 1997 and 2007.
• Kids with non-food allergies such as Insect Sting, Penicillin, Latex and
Wheat Gluten account for an an additional estimated 8 Million children.
• A child in the US has an allergy attack once every 3 minutes in the US.
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6. Allergies and Kids
• Every 6 minutes a child is brought to an emergency room or
urgent care center as a result of anaphylaxis
(body’s life threatening response to an allergen)
• In the US, when it comes to the underlying cause of serious diseases,
allergies are the sixth major cause of disease.
• Allergies cost the United States health care system approximately
eighteen billion dollars per year.

7. Asthma and Kids
• Over 9 million U.S. children have been diagnosed with asthma
according to the National Institute for Health
• The CDC reports that at about 1 in 10 children (10%) had asthma
in 2009
• Asthma is the most prevalent chronic condition in children.
• 856,000 children are treated for Asthma each year in urgent care
facilities
• Asthma is the most common cause of hospitalization for children

8. Asthma and Kids
• Asthma costs in the US grew from about $53 billion in 2002 to about
$56 billion in 2007.
• Among children and adolescents aged 5-17 years, asthma accounts
for a loss of 15 million school days and costs caretakers $726.1
million because of work absence.
• Between 70% and 80% of people with asthma also suffer from
allergies.
• Asthma was linked to 3,447 deaths (about 9 per day) in 2007.

9. The Value of AllerMates Product
• AllerMates alert products are an ever present reminder to teachers,
babysitters, coaches, camp counselors and even family and friends, about
a child’s ailment
• Caregivers are forewarned and can then be better prepared to watch for
symptoms and respond in case of emergency.
• They make kids feel great about their ailment … they’re the envy of all
their friends for having a bright, fun character driven alert products that
their friends can’t wear or use.
• Moms love the feeling of comfort and security they get when their kids
are safeguarded by AllerMates products
• AllerMates products help save lives.
National Center for Health Statistics
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