NimbuDerm™ Receives Wound Healing Society's
Prestigious Blue Ribbon Award
Gainesville, Florida – May 14, 2008 – Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. is pleased to
announce that a team of scientists from Quick-Med received the Blue Ribbon Award at
the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society’s 21st Annual
Meeting for the outstanding abstract entitled: “Persistent Skin Sanitizer (NimbuDerm™)
with Sustained Microbicidal Properties.” The abstract was sponsored by Quick-Med
Technologies and the University of Florida at Gainesville.
The Wound Healing Society offers the Blue Ribbon Industrial Research & Development
Award to recognize the best product-oriented research performed by research and
development scientists within the corporate world. This year, a total of 11 blue ribbons
were awarded including 2 to teams from Quick-Med Technologies. Other participants at
the SAWC/WHS event were prominent companies such as Johnson & Johnson Wound
Management, 3M Healthcare, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., and Healthpoint, Ltd., as well as
leading educational institutions such as the Harvard Medical School, Stanford University,
and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
“We are honored to receive this important recognition from such a prestigious
organization as the Wound Healing Society”, said J. Ladd Greeno, CEO of Quick-Med
Technologies. “NimbuDerm technology represents an important breakthrough that has
the potential to dramatically improve hand hygiene by combining the power of an instant
sanitizer with long-lasting personal protection.”
This project team is lead by David Moore1 and includes William Toreki1, Roy Carr1,
Gregory Schultz1,2, Christopher Batich1,, Albina Mikhaylova1, , Jillian Vella1, and
Gerald Olderman1. (1Quick-Med Technologies; Inc.; 2University of Florida)
Human use tests show that NimbuDerm is both instant and provides a high level of
continuing antimicrobial protection for 6 hours after application without wearing off or
losing its effectiveness. Poor hand hygiene is considered to be a major contributor to the
spread of infectious diseases and the increase of potentially deadly methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA infections.
NimbuDerm, an extension of Quick-Med’s NIMBUS® technology, opens up new
application vistas as a result of its liquid form, unique properties, and formulation
flexibility.
The poster in its entirety can be accessed by clicking here.
About the Wound Healing Society
The Wound Healing Society is a non-profit organization composed of clinical and basic
scientists. The Society provides a forum for interaction among scientists, physicians,
licensed practitioners, industrial representatives and government agencies. Founded in
1990, the Society is recognized among professionals and government agencies as the
leading scientific organization focused in this area of wound healing. The Society
publishes the leading journal in this area, Wound Repair and Regeneration.
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