Before collagenase, treating bedsores was frustrating and inefficient because the body's dead collagen got in the way of the healing process. Now, dead collagen can be effectively and conveniently removed with collagenase to improve wound management. Clinical trials for collagenase treatment of localized ailments like keloids, hypertrophic scars, Peyronie's Disease and Dupuytren's Disease are in progress in the United States. There is early evidence of collagenase's value in treating glaucoma, a very wide spread eye disease that can cause blindness. And fascinatingly, more and more evidence is coming to light showing how collagenase itself speeds the healing process in all kinds of wounds.
Research goes on to discover additional uses.
We are maintaining our leadership position in this area of biochemical research is developing even further.