INTRODUCING
HYFACOL
HYFACOL
HyFaCol is a Collagen Manufacturing Platform which significantly improves the production and quality of medical grade collagen, a $6bn a year and growing industry.
Developed over ten years at the University of Leeds by a team of world recognised academic and industry experts the HyFaCol platform will be at the forefront of the development of quality products for the advanced wound care and Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) market.
£3m
of institutional and grant funding has already been invested in the platform.
HYFACOL is now ready to begin the human clinical trial process ahead of entering and disrupting the exponentially growing multi-billion dollar advanced wound care and guided bone regeneration markets.
By bringing significant improvements in technology, HYFACOL not only plans to disrupt the medical grade collagen based products markets but also the non-collagen based wound dressing and GBR markets.
THE
FOUNDERS
FOUNDERS
Professor Giuseppe Tronci
Chief Scientific Officer
Giuseppe is a Professor of Healthcare Materials at the University of Leeds (UoL), where he holds a joint appointment in the Schools of Design and Dentistry. He has a 15-year academic background in both polymer science and medical device development.
Professor David Wood
Founding Director
David is a Professor of Biomaterials and was Director of Research and Innovation at UoL Dental School between 2014-2022; prior to this he was Director of Knowledge Transfer and Enterprise and a Yorkshire Forward funded Knowledge Transfer Champion.
Professor Stephen Russell
Chairman
Stephen is Director of the Clothworkers’ Centre of Textile Materials Innovation for Healthcare (CCTMIH), and Professor and Director of Leeds Institute of Textiles & Colour (LITAC) at UoL.
Dr Alyn Morgan
Director
Alyn is a HYFACOL Limited Founder, Director and a Senior Clinical Fellow in Restorative Dentistry at UoL with 25 years dental industry experience. He was a partner in one of the UK's largest dental practices, exiting the business at an industry-leading multiple.
