Official website: https://www.nabiheal.eu/

Project acronym: NABIHEAL

Project duration: January 1st 2023 – December 31st 2026

Project coordinator: CONSORCIO CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION BIOMEDICA EN RED M.P. Spain

Our role: Leader for Work Package 5 (WP5)

Funded by: Horizon Europe (HORIZON) under grant agreement nº 101092269

Total budget: 4 999 047,50 €

Abstract: Complex wounds impact the quality of life of more than 2% of total population in developed countries being a global health problem with significantly impacts on health care economy. Complex wounds, including chronic wounds or major burns, are highly susceptible to microbial infection and biofilm formation, difficult to treat. Silver is a metal widely used in antimicrobial products to treat wound infections. However, silver-based products are expensive, and show several drawbacks due to costs, and environmental and safety concerns. NABIHEAL project will develop, from PoC (TRL3) to preclinical regulatory (TRL5), multifunctional biomaterials to solve some of the unmet medical needs in wound management, obtaining affordable treatments of wound infections or prevention of complications during all phases of wound healing. At short and medium term, NABIHEAL will end up with at least two innovative multifunctional wound healing biomaterials, using affordable EU-based manufacturing technologies. At long term, NABIHEAL could become a game-change alternative to silver in wound healing dressings. A consortium composed by 5 SME and 9 academic institutions, with expertise in wound healing product development, evaluation and commercialization, nanotechnology, safety, and regulatory will join forces to address this ambitious objective.

Project partners:

CONSORCIO CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION BIOMEDICA EN RED M.P. Spain

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, Spain

NANOMOL TECHNOLOGIES SL, Spain

MYBIOTECH GMBH, Germany

BIOIBERICA SAU, Spain

HISTOCELL SL, Spain

UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, Spain

INSTITUT ZA MEDICINSKA ISTRAZIVANJA I MEDICINU RADA, Croatia

CHARITE – UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN, Germany

AARHUS UNIVERSITET, Denmark

TECHNION – ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Israel

BIONANONET FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, Austria

ASPHALION SL, Spain

UNIVERZA V MARIBORU, Slovenia