Polynovo and Avita: Two world class Aussie burns innovators

While the bushfires continue to rage in parts of the country, you may not be aware that two Australian innovators are revolutionizing the way burns are treated. 

The current standard-of-care for large body surface area burns is to put a layer of animal product down below the skin graft. The problem is that if the wound gets infected, bacteria literally eat the layer. This also makes it unusable in infections like flesh-eating bacteria. Polynovo has a polymer product that is a fraction of the cost and completely sterile. This has further applications in the hernia market and cosmetic surgery. At least some surgeons are absolutely raving about it. 

Avita is even more exciting. Based on technology developed in Perth by Fiona Wood, the firm has developed a spray on skin device that has 1/80th the requirement of a normal skin graft. This is great news for burns, paediatric scalds and large surface area  wounds, but the opportunities in genetic skin diseases, vitiligo and even aged skin rejuvenation are even more exciting. 

We discuss these two companies - and also the coronavirus - on our latest podcast, available in iTunes here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1451246735#

or desktop here:

www.fraziscapitalpartners.com/podcast