Coloplast launches innovative silicone wound dressing in the UK

Coloplast just launched a new foam dressing with silicone adhesive, Biatain Silicone, in the UK. Biatain Silicone combines the superior Biatain foam with the gentleness of the silicone adhesive delivering a versatile and easy-to-use wound care dressing. 

Biatain Silicone was developed following consultations with more than 1,000 nurses and doctors in five different countries, including the UK. The feedback provided Coloplast with valuable insights that have helped pave the way for the launch of the new silicone wound dressing.

Christoffer Melchior, Business Unit Director, Wound Care, Coloplast Ltd.:

“What the healthcare professionals asked us to do was to develop a flexible dressing that can be used for the treatment of many different kinds of wounds, including leg ulcers, non-infected diabetic foot ulcers, post operative wounds as well as second degree burns. By combining our popular foam dressing, Biatain, with a unique skin-friendly silicone adhesive, we’ve came up with Biatain Silicone, which makes it easier to apply, reposition and remove the dressing, thereby causing minimum of pain to our end-users.”

Biatain Silicone was launched in both France and Germany earlier this year. A recent survey among 101 French nurses and doctors has shown that 80 % would recommend Biatain Silicone to their colleagues and that another 94 % would probably or certainly prescribe Biatain Silicone to the end-users.

“The numbers prove that we’re not alone in thinking that this new product is great. Before today’s launch, we’ve also introduced a number of British nurses to Biatain Silicone and they became instant believers as soon as they got the chance to try the product. Biatain Silicone has silicone only where it is needed and foam where you need it”, Christoffer Melchior explains.