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PolyCide® Antimicrobial Biomaterials

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In September, PolyMedix scientists and Dr. Gregory Tew of the University of Massachusetts published data in Langmuir, an American Chemical Society publication, showing the effectiveness of one of PolyMedix’s PolyCide® antimicrobial compounds in laboratory testing of surgical suture coatings. The results showed that suture coatings containing the PolyCide outperformed the commonly used antimicrobial surgical suture, Vicryl Plus Antimicrobial Suture (VPAS). The PolyCide research was supported by a grant PolyMedix received from the National Science Foundation to support the development of antimicrobial sutures (NSF SBIR Award 1013835).