March 17, 2010

2th International NRW Symposium on Biomaterials and Biomechanics: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications 2010

From March 17-19, 2010 the “12th International NRW Symposium on Biomaterials and Biomechanics: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications 2010” (www.biomaterials.uni-essen.de) took place at the university Duisburg-Essen. More than 120 participants from 23 countries attended this meeting in order to learn from international renowned speakers in the field of biomaterials. Major topics of this years symposium were:

• biomolecular materials
• nanomanufacturing of biomaterials
• biofriction and biowear
• angiogenesis
• molecular dynamics simulation

Morphoplant took actively place in this conference with more than 10 accepted abstracts and four lectures.Like in the last years Morphoplant supported this meeting as a sponsor.

March 04, 2010

New Morphoplant patent granted for drug-delivery applications

Morphoplant has received notification from the European Patent Office that its application “METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT HAVING A POLYMER MATRIX, IMPLANTS MADE THEREOF AND USE THEREOF” (EP patent application 07857884.6) has been granted. The new patent includes 12 claims covering compositions and methods for producing a polymer matrix from polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid or copolymers in combination with cytostatic agents, antibiotics or growth factors like BMP-2. This wide-ranging patent may be broadly used for the production of drug delivering devices for therapeutic applications.
Morphoplant has also filed for patent protection in USA, Australia, Asia and other regions of the world. We expect patents to be granted upon completion of the patent application examination process.