Surface-Active Materials

BioInteractions Ltd.

Reading, United Kingdom

BioInteractions Ltd is a global RD and manufacturing company specialising in biocompatible technologies for the medical device industry. Based in purpose-built laboratories in the Thames Valley Science Park, the company develops advanced and specialised coatings for devices used in medical treatments and procedures ranging from class 1 to class 3 implants. BioInteractions has been a critical supplier to the medical device industry for over 30 years and supported key medical device manufacturers through their innovative product lines of state-of-the-art materials. The portfolio of multi-action materials confronts chronic challenges such as thrombus formation, device infections, complications at the tissue-device interface and various other biocompatible challenges. BioInteractions has secured licensing contracts with major medical device manufacturers around the world and, in 2002, won the Queens Award for Enterprise for a biocompatible coating that was the first to combine multiple elements for enhanced long-term antithrombogenic activity for all materials and shapes.