SweetBio rolls out new, longer-lasting wound product
Rachel Beem, one of the four people working in an office of about 800 square feet, boxes a shipment to be sent to a clinic. (Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian)
More than a decade ago, Kayla Rodriguez Graff and her brother Isaac Rodriguez started using manuka honey, collagen and other ingredients to solve a central question: How do we create better, more accessible wound care?
Now, SweetBio — located on the second floor of a research hub on Highland Street just blocks from the University of Memphis — delivers hundreds of thousands of wound-care patches annually to patients and physicians throughout the U.S.
And in recent weeks, SweetBio unveiled Apis, a patch meant to help treat more serious wounds, Graff said.
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Steve Bohnel is a Temple University graduate, originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He’s worked at news organizations in Iowa, Maryland and Pittsburgh, covering local and state politics. He covers health care, transportation and logistics, public companies, banking and finance and technology. He is an avid traveler, an Everton F.C. and Philadelphia sports fan, and likes collecting records and biking around town.
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