Kerecis, a company that develops products from fish skin to help heal human wounds and tissue damage, received the Annual Innovation through Knowledge Award from the Icelandic Association of Economists and Business Graduates.
This year’s award focused on companies that have furthered the use of natural resources in an environmentally sustainable way. The plant-genetic-engineering company Orf Genetics, and the emission-to-methanol company Carbon Recycling were also presented with an award during yesterday’s award ceremony.
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Kerecis was founded in 2009 and its products are made from cod skin and produced in Iceland. When the product is placed onto damaged tissue, protease activity is modulated, the fish skin is vascularized and populated by the patient's own cells, and ultimately converted into living tissue.
Kerecis, a company that develops products from fish skin to help heal human wounds and tissue damage, received the Annual Innovation through Knowledge Award from the Icelandic Association of Economists and Business Graduates.
This year’s award focused on companies that have furthered the use of natural resources in an environmentally sustainable way. The plant-genetic-engineering company Orf Genetics, and the emission-to-methanol company Carbon Recycling were also presented with an award during yesterday’s award ceremony.
Read more: Magical product from Iceland receives clearance from the FDA in the United States
Kerecis was founded in 2009 and its products are made from cod skin and produced in Iceland. When the product is placed onto damaged tissue, protease activity is modulated, the fish skin is vascularized and populated by the patient's own cells, and ultimately converted into living tissue.
