Investors like to be informed. So it is more than a little frustrating when public companies' clinical trial announcements omit important details; the way the trial was conducted, for instance, or the type of statistical analysis or the nature of the control with which a treatment was compared (scripintelligence.com, 16 July 2013).

With estimated revenues in excess of $5 billion per year worldwide, the advanced wound care market has garnered the attention of both major companies and investors for its tremendous potential. Growth in this market is being driven by the development of new bioactive products that can successfully heal chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers, which are among the most challenging and costly to treat. This article is reprinted from the June issue of Medtech Insight.

With estimated revenues in excess of $5 billion per year worldwide, the advanced wound care market has garnered the attention of both major companies and investors for its tremendous potential. Growth in this market is being driven by the development of new bioactive products that can successfully heal chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers, which are among the most challenging and costly to treat.

Yesterday was the 92nd anniversary of the signing of the armistice that brought the hostilities of the First World War formally to an end. Coincidentally, it also marked the re-emergence of the UK-based regenerative medicine company Intercytex, which announced that its lead product, the cell therapy Vavelta, is to be evaluated by the US military to help treat injured soldiers.