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ReviewBioactive materials2022

Key considerations on the development of biodegradable biomaterials for clinical translation of medical devices: With cartilage repair products as an example.

Li Wang, Xiaolei Guo, Jiaqing Chen, Zhen Zhen, Bin Cao, Wenqian Wan, Yuandong Dou, Haobo Pan, Feng Xu, Zepu Zhang and 9 more

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Review in Bioactive materials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Li WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
Xiaolei GuoCenter for Medical Device Evaluation, National Medical Products Administration, Beijing, PR China.
Jiaqing ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
Zhen ZhenCenter for Medical Device Evaluation, National Medical Products Administration, Beijing, PR China.
Bin CaoJiangsu DissueTech Medical Technology Co.Ltd | DeJian Group, Suzhou, PR China.
Wenqian WanJiangsu DissueTech Medical Technology Co.Ltd | DeJian Group, Suzhou, PR China.
Yuandong DouState Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China.
Haobo PanResearch Center for Human Tissue and Organs Degeneration, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, PR China.
Feng XuBioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), MOE Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, PR China.
Zepu ZhangBeijing Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation, Beijing, PR China.
Jianmei WangBeijing Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation, Beijing, PR China.
Daisong LiBeijing Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation, Beijing, PR China.
Quanyi GuoInstitute of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, PR China.
Qing JiangDepartment of Sports Medicine and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, PR China.
Yanan DuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
Jiakuo YuKnee Surgery Department of the Institute of Sports Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Sports Injuries, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China.
Boon Chin HengSchool of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
Qianqian HanNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, PR China.
Zigang GeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the interdisciplinary convergence of biology, medicine and materials science, both research and clinical translation of biomaterials are progressing at a rapid pace. However, there is still a huge gap between applied basic research on biomaterials and their translational products - medical devices, where two significantly different perspectives and mindsets often work independently and non-synergistically, which in turn significantly increases financial costs and research effort. Although this gap is well-known and often criticized in the biopharmaceutical industry, it is gradually widening. In this article, we critically examine the developmental pipeline of biodegradable biomaterials and biomaterial-based medical device products. Then based on clinical needs, market analysis, and relevant regulations, some ideas are proposed to integrate the two different mindsets to guide applied basic research and translation of biomaterial-based products, from the material and technical perspectives. Cartilage repair substitutes are discussed here as an example. Hopefully, this will lay a strong foundation for biomaterial research and clinical translation, while reducing the amount of extra research effort and funding required due to the dissonance between innovative basic research and commercialization pipeline.

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BiomaterialsClinical needsMedical devicesPolymerRegulationTranslation

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PMID34820574
PMCPMC8586440

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