Evolution of San Antonio Research Company

Rebecca McMahon and Ann Beal Salamone

Rochal Industries, a former UT Health San Antonio collaborator, is a small, privately-held research company in San Antonio whose founders invented the first no-sting, liquid bandage in the late 1980s.

The firm has released a new wound care product: the Biakos antimicrobial skin and wound cleanser, designed to remove harmful microbes from post-surgical wounds, pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers and burns.

They plan to release five more wound care products within the next five years, including Bioshield, a product that recently received FDA approval and is expected to go to market in 2020.

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