Orthox Ltd

Orthox is founded on Oxford University research that has been nurtured for over 20 years to deliver a range of unique clinical implants. Orthox was founded in 2009 by life scientist, Dr Nick Skaer, and knee surgeon, Professor Oliver Kessler MD, to exploit the potential of research into silk proteins by Professor Fritz Vollrath’s Oxford Silk Group at The University of Oxford. Orthox secures a £1.6m award from UK Healthcare Charitable foundation Wellcome Trust to seed the Company and launch operations. Orthox featured on BBC1’s ‘The One Show’ alongside Sir David Attenborough, broadcast to over 7 million viewers. Orthox secures £469k in multiple awards from the Technology Strategy Board to progress FibroFix™ Meniscus and FibroFix™ Cartilage development programmes. Orthox featured as part of the ‘Innovation!’ series on EuroNews broadcast to over 8 million viewers. Orthox led consortium are awarded a £411k grant under the Technology Strategy Board Advanced Materials funding programme to further develop and evaluate Orthox’s FibroFix™ composite materials technology. Orthox Secures Funds Approaching £3 million from Wellcome Trust and Technology Strategy Board to Support Clinical Development Programme.