Objective Uterine fibroids cost European SMEs 3.45 million working days per annum. The Wider Societal and Policy Objectives of Our Project - are to benefit European society by improving embolotherapy for fibroids using drug-eluting beads and reducing: the length of fibroid treatment by 90 %; the number of women having hysterectomies by 5%; the pain experienced by women by 50%; and the post-operative infection rate by 50%.In addition, the relatively low cost of the POS-BEADD technology will enable the increasing use of embolization treatments in all European countries including the Candidate Countries and this will support the policies of the European Union to bring the health of Eastern Europeans up to the same standard as those of the 15 states To achieve this our Technical Targets are to discover technological routes to enable the development of the following: positively charged beads made from PVA; that are lyophilized and carrying drugs at concentrations between 20 and 100 mg/ml of beads; Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerynatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs Call for proposal FP6-2002-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator BIOCOMPATIBLES INTERNATIONAL PLC EU contribution No data Address Chapman House, Famham Business Park, Weydon Lane. FAMHAM, SURREY United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BIOMATECH SAS France EU contribution No data Address Rue Pasteur 115, Z.I. L'Islon CHASSE SUR RHONE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CELLMED AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Germany EU contribution No data Address Industriestrabe 19 ALZENAU See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DMC MEDICAL LIMITED Ireland EU contribution No data Address Unit 2, Abbey House SHANNON, COUNTY CLARE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V Germany EU contribution No data Address Hansastrasse 27 C MUENCHEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOLINE GMBH & CO. KG Germany EU contribution No data Address Neue Rottenburger Strasse 50 HECHINGEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MELITEK A.S Denmark EU contribution No data Address Hartvig Jensensvej 1 NR. ALSLEV See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PERA INNOVATION LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Innovation Park, Nottingham Road MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data S & S PLASTICS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Manners Avenue 4 ILKESTON, DERBYSHIRE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STERIPACK LTD Ireland EU contribution No data Address LEHINCH. CLARA, CO. OFFALY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
