More than doubled the number of hospitals13 Dec 2023 13:03
Ondine met its 2023 target and more than doubled the number of hospitals using its groundbreaking photodisinfection technology to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
· According to the NIH, HAIs affect more than 2 million patients a year in the US, leading to over 90,000 deaths and incurring costs exceeding $30 billion a year.[1]
Following its successful fundraising of C$4.91 million (US$3.62), Canadian life sciences company Ondine Biomedical Inc. (AIM: OBI) will continue accelerating commercialisation of its proven nasal photodisinfection technology. This cutting-edge technology replaces topical antibiotics for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and kills all types of pathogens - bacteria, viruses and fungi - without causing antimicrobial resistance.
The Company has confirmed that it has more than doubled the number of Steriwave® deployments in 2023 and is in discussions with more than 75 hospitals in the UK, Mexico, Spain, and Canada. The growing global emphasis on preventing HAIs post-surgery, coupled with the escalating challenge of antimicrobial resistance, has spurred heightened interest in Ondine's photodisinfection technology.
The deployments are in areas of major surgery, including spinal, orthopedic, and cardiovascular. The antibiotic mupirocin has been used for nasal decolonization for the prevention of HAIs since the 1980s. However, mupirocin has resistance rates of up to 81%,[2] and very poor compliance.[3]