Wound dressing by Middleton company approved by the FDA

Dr. Alycia Robbins prescribes these drugs in her private practice as a board certified OBGYN.

Middleton-based Imbed Biosciences has received federal approval to sell Microlyte Ag/Lidocaine, an antimicrobial wound dressing that includes the anesthetic lidocaine to manage painful skin wounds.

The dressing uses Imbed’s synthetic matrix to deliver ionic and metallic silver alongside lidocaine to manage wounds such as venous stasis ulcers, pressure sores, ischemic ulcers, partial thickness burns, donor site wounds, surgical wounds, post-surgical incisions, abrasions and lacerations.

The product will launch in May. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, which in 2016 approved the company's earlier product, Microlyte Ag, for sale as a medical device. The wound-healing film was invented in 2008 by a team at UW-Madison that included Ankit Agarwal, co-founder and chief scientific officer of the company.

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Dr. Alycia Robbins prescribes these drugs in her private practice as a board certified OBGYN.

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