Renovo, plc.
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Renovo, plc. | |
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Type | Public (LSE: RNVO) |
Founded | October 2000 |
Location | Manchester, UK |
Key people | Mark Ferguson (CEO) Sharon O'Kane |
Industry | Biotechnology |
Products | 4 in Clinical development and 13 in Pre-clinical development |
Revenue | |
Website | http://www.renovo.com/ |
Renovo, plc. (LSE: RNVO) is a biopharmaceutical company based in Manchester, UK. It is the world leader in scar prevention and reduction research, and it aims "to be first to market with a scar prevention pharmaceutical drug in the US and Europe" in 2009.
The US commercial market for prevention and reduction of scarring in the skin is valued at approximately US$4 billion per annum, and the market is larger in patient volume than Depression, Osteoporosis, Asthma and Diabetes.
[edit] Products
Currently the company doesn't have a marketed product, though its pipeline includes one drug that has recently initiated phase III clinical development, three drugs in phase II clinical development, and 13 other pre-clinical candidates.
Drug | Phase | Action |
Juvista | Phase III Clinical trial | scar prevention, also for vascular restenosis |
Juvidex | Phase II Clinical trial | scar reduction, also for abdominal adhesions and eye scars |
Prevascar | Phase II Clinical trial | scar prevention, also for nerves and eyes |
Zesteem | Phase II Clinical trial | acute skin healing |