Buy now! More For Life Science For Clinical About us Resource Center UPMBIOMEDICALS Advancing Healthcare Naturally Our natural biocompatible hydrogels are free from animal-derived components making them ideally suited for wound care, cell therapy, tissue engineering and 3D cell culture applications, providing convenient and consistent results. For Life Science For Clinical UPM Biomedicals UPM Biomedicals products are manufactured to the highest standard from sustainably managed Finnish birch making them ideally suited for wound care, cell therapy, tissue engineering and 3D cell culture applications. We are part of UPM-Kymmene Corporation, a well established forest industry company with 10B € annual turnover. UPM-Kymmene has been on the stock market for over 100 years. Read more about us Guide: Transfer your 3D cell culture matrices to animal-free GrowDex Read more & download UPM Biomedicals products GrowDex® Hydrogels Natural ready to use hydrogels are the next generation solution for reproducible and scalable animal-free 3D cell culture applications providing convenience and consistent results. Read more GrowInk™ Bioinks for 3D printing GrowInks are animal free, biocompatible, ready-to-use hydrogels that can be mixed directly with cells for bioprinting applications. The two main components in GrowInks are nanofibrillar cellulose and water, providing you with a fully defined matrix. The matrix can be customised by the addition of molecules, such as growth factors or adhesion proteins, as needed by your specific cells. Read more FibDex® Wound Dressing FibDex is an advanced wound care dressing designed for faster, more comfortable and effective patient treatment. Single application self-detaching dressing maintains an optimal moisture balance for improved healing and patient outcomes. Read more Resource Center Browse Stay up-to-date Order newsletter Contacts Contact us Order Store Our latest press releases NEWS | 19 OCTOBER 2021 | 4 MIN UPM Biomedicals and Cellbox in collaboration to provide a live cell shipment solution UPM Biomedicals and Cellbox have signed an agreement for providing a unique live cell shipment solution. The plant derived and animal-free transport technology for living cell and tissue... Read more NEWS | 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 | 4 MIN UPM’s Biofore Base research centres accelerate development of bio-based products – Lappeenranta research centre as a frontrunner already for 60 years UPM's Biofore Base research centres in Lappeenranta,... Read more NEWS | 29 SEPTEMBER 2021 | 4 MIN UPM Biomedicals and PerkinElmer collaborate to offer high throughput 3D cell screening solution UPM Biomedicals and PerkinElmer collaborate to offer high throughput 3D cell screening solution (UPM, Helsinki, 29 September 2021 at... Read more NEWS | 20 SEPTEMBER 2021 | 2 MIN The UN recognises UPM as the only forest industry representative and the only Finnish company in the Global Compact LEAD network UPM has today been recognised as one of the world’s 37 most... Read more All press releases Latest articles STORY | 16 FEBRUARY 2021 | 3 MIN The future of medicine is about to get personal Piia Mikkonen is a Product Development Scientist at UPM Biomedicals. She started her career in academia at the University of Turku and admits: “I never dreamt I would end up working for a forest company! I worked in a project with GrowDex and couldn’t quite believe at first that you could use birch... Read more STORY | 4 FEBRUARY 2021 | 5 MIN UPM Biomedicals fights cancer with GrowDex® Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, and unfortunately a growing global burden. With an estimated 18 million cancer cases yearly around the world, cancer is one of the most significant public health challenges of the 21st century. Read more STORY | 26 NOVEMBER 2020 | 4 MIN Wood-based FibDex® wound dressing can speed up healing and bring new convenience to patient care New wound care dressing made from a sustainable, wood-based raw material is particularly suited to treating large wound areas. Read more Follow us on social media This content requires you to approve cookies. We use cookies on this website to ensure the best user experience and to target personalised content and relevant advertising. Please agree to approve cookies to see this content. See our Privacy Policy. Approve cookies We use cookies on this website to ensure the best user experience and to target personalised content and relevant advertising. You can approve cookies by pressing the button or choose another option by clicking on this link. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Approve For Life Science For Clinical About us Resource Center GrowDex support News & Events Contacts Back to top UPM Biomedicals Alvar Aallon katu 1 P.O. Box 380 00101 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358 (0)204 15 111 Fax +358 (0)204 15 110 Copyright © 2021 UPM UPM Global Legal Notice Privacy Policy Feedback Cookie policy settings