【開催終了】Tongaliイノベーターズチャンネル2022 ＜8＞

INDUSTRIAL TRANSLATION OF NANOPOROUS SILICON　

EXPERIENCES FROM INVOLVEMENT WITH SME'S IN THE MEDICAL AND CONSUMER CARE SECTORS

Industrial or clinical translation of nanomaterials presents numerous challenges. Four common examples are scale-up,
cost of goods, batch reproducibility with regard to size control, and chemical stability. The 1995 discovery that
nanostructured semiconducting silicon is medically biodegradable led to a start-up company, pSiMedica Ltd UK, being
created via venture capital investment. The first medical product was in brachytherapy and to progress from product
conception and patenting, early research, product development, pre-clinical formal toxicology through clinical trials to
regulatory approval in Europe and other jurisdictions, took about 20 years. The product is currently marketed by
an Australian company (www.oncosil.com). A US public company (www.eyepointpharma.com) evaluated biodegradable
nanoporous silicon for ophthalmic drug delivery for many years. The 2011 demonstration of porous silicon fabrication
from inexpensive plant-based feedstocks led to potential higher volume, lower cost products in the consumer care sector.
A UK SME (IntrinsiQ Materials Ltd) took up this challenge with a multinational partnering business model. Cooperative
training and R&D were in nutraceuticals, oral hygiene and cosmetics. I will describe the progress made in these very
different sectors, and perhaps more usefully, some of the challenges experienced and lessons learnt.

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【開催日時】2022年12月7日（水）　18:30 - 20:00
【実施方法】Zoom ウェビナーによるライブ配信
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【対　　象】どなたでも参加可
【言　　語】英語
【参 加 費】無料
【視聴申込】開催当日締切

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