Polyactiva Pty Ltd

Polynovo Biomaterials Pty Limited

Heng Chy Taing

Russell John Tait

Michael Shane O'Shea

Justine Leigh Jeffery

Michael Shane O'shea

Florian Hans Graichen

Pathiraja Arachchillage Gunatillake

Raju Adhikari

John Alan Maurice Ramshaw

Jerome Anthony Werkmeister

Roshan Tyrrel Anton Mayadunne

Florian Hans Maximilian Graichen

Florian Hans Maximillian Graichen

Tam Phuong Thi Le

Jacinta Frances White

Tracy Ann Tebb

The invention relates to a biodegradable polymer comprising a plurality of releasable bioactive moieties, the releasable bioactive moieties being pendant from and covalently bonded to the biodegradable polymer backbone, wherein the biodegradable polymer backbone is formed from monomeric units that are each coupled via a biodegradable moiety, and wherein the bioactive moieties are capable of being released at a rate equal to or faster than the rate of biodegradation of the polymer backbone.

Biodegradable polymer&#x2014;bioactive moiety conjugates

The present invention provides a biocompatible prepolymer comprising hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments, wherein the hydrophobic segments have at least one ethylenically unsaturated functional group and at least 5% of the segments have two or more ethylenically unsaturated functional groups and water. The invention further provides a biocompatible prepolymer composition comprising hydrophilic and hydrophobic prepolymers, wherein at least one of the hydrophobic prepolymers has at least one ethylenically unsaturated functional group and at least 5% of the prepolymers have two or more ethylenically unsaturated functional groups and water. The invention further provides use of the prepolymer or prepolymer compositions of the invention in biomedical applications such as tissue engineering, as bone substitutes or scaffolds, and in wound treatment.

Biocompatible polymer compositions

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