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Sunday, Jul 17, 2005
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New Products & Services Bharat Bio launches cream for diabetic foot ulcers Our Bureau
Chennai , July 16 BHARAT Biotech International Ltd has launched Regen-D, a therapeutic cream, for use in treating diabetic foot ulcers, burns and skin grafts. According to Dr Krishna M. Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech, Regen-D is a product of biotechnology research and is the country's first recombinant epidermal growth factor that accelerates healing of a range of wounds, including serious diabetic foot ulcers where patients face the risk of amputation. Regen-D licensed for treating burns, diabetic foot ulcers and skin grafts helps healing without leaving a scar. Though it is based on a protein that was discovered years ago, Bharat Biotech's innovation was in identifying the way it can be used to treat such patients, he said. Clinical tests have shown that Regen-D can give patients with diabetic foot ulcers a new lease of life, according to Dr Ella. Ulcers that had not responded to several months of conventional treatment had healed with application of Regen-D, he said. Regen-D is the product of a collaborative biotechnology research effort between Bharat Biotech and the Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology, an institution under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. This makes it an example of a successful public-private partnership in research, which is in itself a unique feature. Because of its ability to heal without scar formation, Regen-D can find wide application in treating fire injuries and skin grafts. In India alone, there are over 40,000 amputations as a result of diabetic foot ulcers and 1,20,000 die of burn injuries. The company will also apply for licensing in other markets in Asia and Africa where the populations are known to have large incidence of diabetes and a tendency for scar formation during wound healing, Dr Ella said.
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