Jason McDevitt

Jason McDevitt is Director of Technology Transfer at William & Mary, President of William & Mary Innovations, and Research Professor in the William & Mary Research Institute. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Yale, and his PhD in chemistry from MIT. He worked for large companies in the chemical (Eastman Chemical), biotech (ICI/Zeneca, Novo Nordisk), and consumer product (Kimberly-Clark) industries before moving into university technology transfer (UGA, Emory, and W&M) and launching his own entrepreneurial ventures. Dr. McDevitt is an inventor on over 30 issued US patents and has drafted and prosecuted hundreds of other patent applications. He co-founded Extinction Pharmaceuticals to develop a novel treatment for anxiety disorders. He co-founded and ran GreenOps Ammo, which produced environmentally responsible shotgun ammunition before the technology was acquired by a major competitor in 2020.

    Our Story

    Auxulin was founded by Dr. Gary Ritz and his son, Tommy Ritz. Gary has been living with T1D since 1984, and Tommy has been a T1D since 1998. Tired of their daily battles to manage their diabetes, which often resulted in prolonged periods of high blood sugar. The father/son duo sought a better way to combat hyperglycemia, which eventually led to the development of Auxulin. Auxulin is a supplement that, when used in conjunction with insulin and water, returned their high blood sugar levels to normal in a much faster time frame. They had several of their Type 1 friends and family members try it, and found it worked for them as well. Auxulin is an all-natural formulation. All of its active ingredients are widely available in food products and routinely ingested in some form by most people. Both Gary and Tommy used Auxulin regularly to help manage their diabetes, and want to bring Auxulin to the rest of the diabetic world.

    Investors/Partners

    Auxulin founders, working in conjunction with Dr. Jason McDevitt at the College of William & Mary, developed a formulation that safely and economically works in conjunction with insulin to reduce the duration and magnitude of hyperglycemic events. This patented technology was licensed from William & Mary to the company.