Delayed wound healing and the resulting impact to the cost of care impacts both patients and facilities across the healthcare continuum. When it comes to wound care, no one is comfortable choosing a service provider with only a basic understanding of the subject. Thus, a product specialist with a historical legacy of providing effective products will invariably gain market traction due to its reliability. Founded in 1995, Hymed has been a renowned name in the healthcare industry for over two decades, offering safe and efficacious, natural wound care products. The company is the developer of innovative wound care products that utilize collagen (the chief structural protein of the body), hyaluronic acid (HA) and glycosaminogly can chemistry for human and animal use. In addition to wound care, these products find varied applications in joint/tissue support, surgery, eye care, dental, and dermatology, and the cosmetic industry.

Hymed’s methodology centers on products that are native to the body. As one of the world’s leading experts in the field of collagen products and glycosaminoglycans (including hyaluronic acid) and the inventor/founder of Hymed, Dr. George D. Petito’s philosophy is, “that which is indigenous to the body, has benefit in its ability to heal itself.” Hymed formulated a specialized hydrolyzed collagen—hyCURE®—fragmented collagen, which is a core ingredient in many of its products that focus on cell/tissue applications. Hydrolyzed collagen does not require the time native collagen does to be utilized by the body and plays a role in every stage of the wound healing process. “We combine innovative ingredients synergistically to support the connective tissue matrix, and this, in part, has been the key to our success in achieving exceptional growth. Hymed offers unique delivery systems of topical products in a method of use which reduces dressing changes and the chance of infection from occurring. We have new products in development which are being utilized in clinical trials, showing great wound management outcomes,” asserts Anita Petito, Vice President of Hymed.

Even today, many clinicians have a lack of awareness and understanding of how to get new and innovative products for their patients, depending on their healthcare setting. Secondly, with the changing healthcare landscape, products that are reimbursed or covered by insurance may dictate what is prescribed for a patient. To address this, Hymed has partnered with several companies to distribute its products in the wound care space.