Innovation Pharmaceuticals Inc (IPIX)

[slcimmuno]

More on PolyCide potential
i def think the possibilities are many--below another article (from 2008) on potential industrial-material applications... paints, plastics, textiles (bedding, carpenting), countertops, towels, black mold even.

also that triclosan is taking such a beating by FDA/EPA (Tufts Triclosan study; reposted), and also at state governmental levels (see Minnesota ban, set to start 2017), there might be some opportunities here too beyond the sutures study

Tufts Triclosan Study
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/consumers/personal_home_21_4240495089.pdf

Minnesota ban on triclosan may have broader impact
http://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2014/06/minnesota-ban-triclosan-may-have-broader-impact

hopefully CTIX, as busy as it is, has dedicated someone to continuing to advance things on this front.

Scientific American: Self-Sterilizing Plastics Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria: A biotech company is developing polymers and medicines that attack microorganisms
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/self-sterilizing-plastics/

EXCERPT

PolyMedix is, with the help of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, developing drugs and polymers that behave much like the body's own defenses. Among those in the works: medications that can kill bacteria without the need to actually enter the cells themselves as well as new polymers that the company hopes will be used in paints, plastics and textiles to create self-sterilizing products and surfaces. The polymer is not a coating like silver, ammonium salts or phenols, which Landekic says dissolve over time and lose their effectiveness. "Our compounds become part of the surface," he says, and can kill bacteria in a matter of seconds. "If you make the antibiotic part of the material, the effect is long lasting."

The company has no time frame for delivering the antibacterial polymer to store shelves because it is focusing its resources primarily on getting its antibiotic drug to market. The company would need approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—a process that takes up to 16 months once an application is filed—to include its antibacterial polymer in bedding, carpeting, countertops and towels.

"We've developed a lot of different prototype materials and proven [the polymer] works when added to different materials"—as long as the surface is clean, Landekic says. "The polymers are self-sterilizing, not self-cleaning," he adds. "You have to allow them to interact with the bacteria."

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He says the antimicrobial polymers may also be successful in wiping out Stachybotrys chartarum, or "black mold," in residential and commercial buildings, a fungus that can cause lung disease and exacerbate allergies.