Ceapro Inc. Announces Publication of Positive Results for a PGX Processed Drug Delivery System for Accelerated Burn Wound Healing - Seite 2

“These positive results from this research project demonstrated that PGX-alginate can provide a unique set of properties useful for accelerating the wound healing process and represents a scalable method of producing medicated macroporous hydrogel-based wound dressings with improved performance over conventional dressings,” stated Dr. Hoare, Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University. “We anticipate this strategy to be highly adaptable to other water-soluble polymers and scCO2-soluble drugs, making it possible to produce other types of drug-impregnated scaffolds for wound healing or other applications in which the delivery of a hydrophobic drug from a hydrogel is functionally beneficial. We look forward to continuing our work with Ceapro and leveraging the PGX technology to help Ceapro advance new products to meet existing and emerging therapeutic needs.”

Ceapro is currently engaged in an ongoing extensive research program with McMaster University under Dr. Hoare’s leadership. The research program was initiated with McMaster University in March 2016 and is focused on the development and application of highly tunable porous biopolymer and smart polymer scaffolds using Ceapro's PGX technology.

This research project is financially supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through the Strategic Project Grant (STPGP479042-15).

About Pressurized Gas eXpanded Liquid Technology (PGX)

Ceapro’s patented Pressurized Gas eXpanded (PGX) technology is a unique and disruptive technology with several key advantages over conventional drying and purification technologies that can be used to process biopolymers into high-value, fine-structured, open-porous polymer structures and novel biocomposites. PGX is ideally suited for processing challenging high-molecular-weight, water-soluble biopolymers. It has the ability to make ultra-light, highly porous polymer structures on a continuous basis, which is not possible using today's conventional technologies. PGX was invented by Dr. Feral Temelli from the Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science of the University of Alberta (U of A) along with Dr. Bernhard Seifried, now Senior Director of Engineering Research and Technology at Ceapro. The license from U of A provides Ceapro with exclusive worldwide rights in all industrial applications.