Company News

Advancis Medical triumphs in Medilink East Midlands Business Awards

Advancis Medical has walked away with the Export Achievement Award in this year’s Medilink East Midlands Business Competition.  The Kirkby-in-Ashfield based company collected the prize at the Innovation Day awards evening at the Belfry Hotel, Nottingham.

Founded in 2003, the company works with some of the world’s leading experts in their field, alongside patients and their carers, to develop solutions to wound-care management. The company’s global reach is impressive. Having successfully established key markets through a network of distributors in 36 countries around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, Europe and Australasia and satellite operations in Germany and France, Canada and a new operation in the US due to start in the middle of 2012.

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Welcome to more new starters

We are seeing further growth in the UK and as such have expanded our team to include 4 more area sales managers and a UK Business Development Manager.

From left to right: New ASMs Benjamin Smith, Gemma Clarkson, Liz Lewis and Chrissie Newson. UK BDM Claire-Louise Doyle

Advancis Medical supply dressings for a charity trip to Hoima

Basingstoke North Hampshire Foundation (BNHFT) established a link with Hoima Regional Referral Hospital (HRRH) in 2007. The link was set up as Basingstoke Hoima Partnership for Help (BHPH) to improve the services provided.

BHPH is a charity that was set up in November 2009 to fund the link with the object of improving standards of healthcare at HRRH and maintain professional and educational partnerships. 

I am the Tissue Viability Nurse at BNHFT and am part of the Dermatology team. Currently Dr Fawcett is involved in developing a Doctor in Hoima to become a Dermatology specialist as specialists in this area are very sparse.

Dr Fawcett is a Trustee in the charity and had been arranging to go out to Hoima and assist setting up a Dermatology clinic. Whilst this was being arranged it was highlighted that wound care was an area that needed education so I was invited to join the Dermatology team.

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Advancis Medical improve UK manufacturing operations

Advancis Medical has completed a substantial transformation and upgrade at its central site. Due to continuous growth in sales, the manufacturing capabilities have been expanded with new production lines installed, alongside state of the art quality and testing laboratories as well as improved changing facilities and a new canteen.

This expansion completes the last stage of a 2 year program which has seen the purchase of new warehouse facilities and a complete overhaul of the R&D centre. Advancis Medical now has the design, manufacturing and warehousing capabilities to meet its target sales growth over the next 5-10 years.

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New published clinical work

Our clinical evidence section has been updated with new published articles.

These articles tackle issues that include managing wound pain in burns patients and managing acute cellulitis. Also, very relevant at the moment due to the increased budgetary restraints within the NHS, an article discussing clinical performance and cost-effectiveness. 

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Unveiling our brand new exhibition stand

Wounds UK in Harrogate saw the unveiling of our brand new exhibition stand. We took the decision to increase our presence at Wounds UK in line with our continual growth within the wound care sector. 

After several months of rebranding to create a clearer brand portfolio we decided we needed an exhibition stand to back this up, this resulted in the four pods displaying our key ranges along with fresh graphics and literature.... Read the full story here...

Welcome to five new starters

Our UK business continues to grow, to support it we have added 5 new members to the sales team:

• Lyndsey Bryant
• Craig Tonna
• David Dixon
• Ian Gray
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Dispute between Mölnlycke Healthcare AB (“Mölnlycke”) and Brightwake Limited (“Brightwake”)

High Court ruling against Mölnlycke
 
Brightwake secured a High Court victory today against competitor Mölnlycke. The Court rejected Mölnlycke’s allegations of patent infringement and held that part of Mölnlycke’s patent was invalid.
 
In July 2009 Mölnlycke asserted that Brightwake’s EPISIL, EPISIL ABSORBENT, SILTAPE and ADVAZORB BORDER products infringed two of their patents in the UK relating to soft-silicone wound dressings. ... Read the full story here...

Dispute between Apimed Medical Honey Limited and Brightwake Limited

On 10 January 2011 the Patents County Court ruled that Apimed Medical Honey Limited’s claims for patent infringement against Brightwake Limited had been unsuccessful. 
 
Apimed began proceedings against Brightwake on 3 November 2009, alleging that Brightwake’s ALGIVON honey dressings infringed its UK patent for a specific class of honey dressing. The trial was heard in the Patents County Court in July 2010.... Read the full story here...

Regional Sales Manager Appointments for Advancis Medical

We are delighted to confirm the appointments of Alec O’Dare and Ross Huntley as Regional Sales Mangers for the South and North respectively for Advancis Medical.
 
These are new roles for the company and reflect the growth we have achieved in the UK and the need to provide support, assistance and leadership to an ever increasing sales team. At this stage the regional role is combined with their current area role. Both of these appointments are with immediate effect. Congratulations to both Alec & Ross, wishing you all the best in your new roles.