Collagen Solutions awarded another Ph.D. studentship

Developer and manufacturer of medical grade collagen components Collagen Solutions announced on Friday that it has been awarded a third Medical Research Scotland Ph.D. studentship, this time in partnership with Professor Elizabeth Tanner, of the School of Engineering, at the University of Glasgow.

The AIM-traded firm said the project, titled ‘Collagen Calcium Phosphate Composite Devices for Bone Augmentation’, will investigate the application of collagen fibrils to provide a scaffold for ‘critical size defects’ in bone, which do not heal spontaneously.

To obtain healing, some form of scaffold or conduit for the bone repair process is essential and this project will aim to develop novel collagen-containing biomaterials to aid the healing process for these larger bone defects.

The project is a four-year Ph.D. project expected to start in the next academic year.

“Our current pipeline includes a novel bone graft substitute product, addressing a segment of the $1.7bn end-user bone graft market opportunity,” said CEO Jamal Rushdy.

“This new research programme, funded in collaboration with Medical Research Scotland and Professor Tanner's group within the world-class research facilities at the University of Glasgow, will ensure we continue to innovate in this field.

“In the future we hope to develop next-generation bone graft substitute technologies, addressing more difficult to heal bone defects, thus ensuring continued scientific leadership in this significant segment of the orthobiologics market.”