Industry & Economy 

30 November 2020
Agnese Carino, former doctoral student at PSI, developed a novel coating for small implants together with Medicoat AG. (Image source Arbeitswelt Aargau 4/2020)

From research at PSI to the Aargauer SME Medicoat AG

Even as a doctoral student at PSI, Agnese Carino wanted to put the findings of her research into practice and did not hesitate to present her business idea to the CEO of Medicoat AG, Philipp Gruner. She wanted to develop a novel coating for small implants, which accelerates the recovery of the patient, into a product. Supported by the Hightech Zentrum Aargau this was the starting point of the joint SNI project NanoCoat. Carino was awarded the Founder Fellowship by PSI for her business idea. This program supports the transition from promising research findings to marketable products. We are pleased that Dr. Carino is now working with Medicoat to advance the commercialization of this technology.

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