Alliqua Biomedical Announces New Data on sorbion(R) Wound Care Dressings to be Presented at the Spring 2014 SAWC Meeting

Meeting to Feature 13 Posters on sorbion(R) Wound Care Dressings; Company Will Also Co-Sponsor Breakfast Symposium


LANGHORNE, Pa., April 21, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alliqua, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALQA) ("Alliqua" or "the Company"), a provider of advanced wound care products, announces new data from the Company's sorbion® product line will be presented at the Spring 2014 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care to be held at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on April 23-27. Thirteen abstracts will highlight data on cytokine and protease binding capabilities and bacterial sequestration and retention through exudate management by sorbion® dressings. The resulting reduction of inflammation and impact on other factors that affect wound healing will be discussed. 

Separately, the Company will co-sponsor a breakfast symposium with sorbion titled "Cost Savings Through Hydrokinetic Fibers in Acute and Chronic Wounds" on Friday, April 25 from 7:30am-9:00am ET. The symposium will focus on the beneficial attributes of advanced wound care dressings from sorbion using hydrokinetic fibers in acute and chronic wounds. Attendees will learn about the dressing's ability to absorb and hold high quantities of exudate, reduce bioburden through microbial sequestration and use as a way to decrease (or manage) utilization of negative pressure wound therapy, which can result in significant cost savings. The participants will be Keith Cutting, MN (Daresbury, UK), Randall Wolcott, MD (Lubbock, TX), Cornelia Wiegand, PhD (Jena, Germany) and S. Kwon Lee, MD (Sacramento, CA).

David Johnson, CEO of Alliqua, said, "The SAWC meeting is the largest annual gathering of wound care clinicians in the U.S. We are very excited to participate in this program and highlight the specific advantages presented by sorbion's wound care dressings."

Highlights of the Poster Presentations:

  • Determination of the Binding of PMN Elastase and Matrix Metalloproteases by a Non‐traumatic Fiber Dressing in vitro (LB_043)
    C. Wiegand, D. Reichmann, A. Maassen, A. Riesinger, U.-C. Hipler
  • Comparison of the Fluid Management by NPWT and a Special Hydrokinetic‐fiber Dressing in vitro (LB_036)
    C. Wiegand, D. Reichmann, A. Maassen, A. Riesinger, U.-C. Hipler
  • A Hydrokinetic Fiber Dressing Binds TNF‐alpha and IL-1 beta and reduces ROS and RNS in vitro (LB_040)
    C. Wiegand, D. Reichmann, A. Maassen, A. Riesinger, U.-C. Hipler
  • Reduction of PMN Elastase and Matrix Metalloproteases by a Hydrokinetic Fiber Dressing in vitro (LB_041)
    C. Wiegand, D. Reichmann, A. Maassen, A. Riesinger, U.-C. Hipler
  • Evaluation of a Hydrokinetic Fiber Dressing and a Hydroactive‐fiber Dressing with Regard to Binding of tnf‐alpha and IL‐1beta and Reduction of ROS and RNS in vitro (LB_037)
    C. Wiegand, D. Reichmann, A. Maassen, A. Riesinger, U.-C. Hipler
  • Comparison of the Effects of a Hydrokinetic Fiber Dressing and a Hydroactive‐fiber Dressing on PMN Elastase and Matrix Metalloproteases in vitro (LB_038)
    C. Wiegand, D. Reichmann, A. Maassen, A. Riesinger, U.-C. Hipler
  • Binding of TNF‐alpha and IL‐1beta and reduction of ROS and RNS by a non‐traumatic fiber dressing in vitro (LB_042) 
    C. Wiegand, D. Reichmann, A. Maassen, A. Riesinger, U.-C. Hipler
  • Binding of Matrix Metalloproteases by Moisture‐retentive Dressings in vitro (LB_039)
    C. Wiegand, D. Reichmann, A. Maassen, A. Riesinger, U.-C. Hipler
  • Investigating the Potential for Hydration Response Technology (HRT) Wound Dressing to Substitute for Generic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) in a Range of Wound Types ‐ a Delphi Inquiry (IR_011)
    K. F. Cutting
  • A Clinical Evaluation of a Dressing Containing Hydrokinetic Fibres in Ten Venous Leg Ulcer Patients Attending a Complex Wound Clinic (CS_041)
    K. F. Cutting
  • A Clinical Evaluation of a Dressing Containing Hydrokinetic Fibres Designed to be Applied to Wounds That are Difficult to Dress or in Awkward Anatomical Areas (CR_025)
    K. F. Cutting
  • A Retrospective Cost Analysis of NPWT and Hydrokinetic Fiber Dressing for the Management of Serious Wounds (CR_025) 
    M. H. E. Hermans
  • Bacterial Sequestration & Retention Properties of a Hydrokinetic Fiber Dressing and Comparators:Results of a Series of in vitro Experiments
    M.H.E. Hermans, K.F. Cutting

About Alliqua, Inc.

Alliqua is a provider of advanced wound care solutions. Through its extensive sales and distribution network, together with its proprietary products, Alliqua provides a suite of technological solutions to enhance the wound care practitioner's ability to deal with the challenges of healing both chronic and acute wounds.

In addition, Alliqua can provide a custom manufacturing solution to partners in the medical device and cosmetics industry, utilizing its proprietary hydrogel technology.

Alliqua currently markets its line of hydrogel products for wound care under the SilverSeal(R) and Hydress(R) brands, as well as the sorbion sachet S(R) and sorbion sana(R) wound care products. It also has the right to develop and market the advanced wound care products Biovance(R) and Extracellular Matrix (ECM), as part of its agreement with Celgene Cellular Therapeutics. Alliqua's electron beam production process, located at its 16,000 square foot GMP manufacturing facility in Langhorne, PA, allows Alliqua to develop and custom manufacture a wide variety of hydrogels. Alliqua's hydrogels can be customized for various transdermal applications to address market opportunities in the treatment of wounds as well as the delivery of numerous drugs or other agents for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

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