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Hebrew University professor's work leads to FDA approval for product
Date:3/26/2009

Jerusalem, March 25, 2009 A material developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem that is designed to prevent adhesions (scar tissue) following surgery has led to approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a product for use in pediatric cardiac surgery patients.

The product is the result of Prof. Daniel Cohn's invention of novel, tailor-made, biodegradable polymers for the prevention of post-surgical adhesions. SyntheMed Inc. of Iselin, N.J. in the U.S., received the technology from Yissum the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University, and has now obtained FDA pre-market approval for the first product, REPEL-CV Adhesion Barrier, for use in pediatric patients (21 and younger) who are likely to need secondary open heart surgery.

The generation of adhesions following heart surgery is of special concern, since they may affect cardiac function. Furthermore, in the frequent cases where repeat operations are required, adhesions obscure cardiac landmarks, making the procedure potentially life-threatening to the patient due to inadvertent vascular or cardiac injury.

In the U.S., there are 350,000 to 400,000 children with congenital cardiac abnormalities. Many neonatal and infant patients must undergo multiple surgeries before their defect is corrected, while other children require additional operations as they grow. The REPEL-CV Adhesion Barrier product gives physicians another tool to help decrease the complications that may occur during these surgeries. .

"I am very excited that the long process that started several years ago in our laboratory at the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University with the design and synthesis of a family of biodegradable polymers was recently approved by the FDA," said Prof. Cohn.

"This biomedical product harnessed the unique properties of a family of custom-made, biodegradable polymers aimed at treating a large, incredibly widespread clinical problem, w
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Contact: Jerry Barach
jerryb@savion.huji.ac.il
972-258-82904
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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