Quick-Med Technologies' Bernd Liesenfeld Earns Blue Ribbon Award
Quick-Med Technologies' Bernd Liesenfeld, Ph.D., senior scientist, received the Blue Ribbon Award at the Wound Healing Society's 16th Annual Meeting for the abstract entitled: "A Novel Moist Wound Healing Dressing that Provides Sustained Antimicrobial Activity and Protease Inhibition to Speed Healing."
The Wound Healing Society offers the Blue Ribbon Industrial Research & Development Award in recognition of research showing the mechanisms of action or efficacy for advanced new products. The competition was designed to provide recognition for the best product-oriented research performed by research and development scientists within the corporate world.
"This is a significant recognition by the thought leaders in the field of wound healing. The combination of a novel microbiocidal coating and a soluble metalloprotease inhibitor has the potential to be an important advance in wound dressings for both military and civilian applications," stated Professor Gregory S. Schultz, Ph.D., vice president of clinical research & development of Quick-Med Technologies and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Florida.
The abstract represents work done in conjunction with a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command granted to Quick-Med Technologies, specifically to promote healing of vesicant (i.e. chemical blister agent burns) injuries. The novel dressing consists of a superabsorbent substrate treated with a non-leachable polycationic biocide coupled with a diffusible protease inhibitor/antibiotic. The dressing has commercial applications to a wide variety of acute and chronic wounds.
"Our team is greatly honored by this recognition from such a prestigious body as the Wound Healing Society," stated Dr. Liesenfeld, senior polymer chemist of Quick-Med Technologies. "It's exciting to work on projects where the goal is so rewarding in both a scientific and social sense."
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This article originally appeared in the July 2006 issue of HME Business.