Testimonials

Since Tri-Solfen^® was commercially launched, over 150 million lambs have been treated and over 80% of Australian wool growers are now using Tri-Solfen for their sheep. Here’s what some of them have to say…

‘We have used pain relief for two years now and seen real production gains. We are concerned for the welfare of our animals and will continue to use pain relief to ensure they get the best care.’

Clinton Wise– Wililoo Merino Stud, Woodanilling, W.A.

'It easy to see the difference pain relief makes. Before, lambs would walk away hunched up, even taking a couple of hours to walk back to the paddock. Now they run straight back to Mum and start suckling,” says Rod. “My wool is now sold under the Better Choices brand. I see this as a definite advantage. I think it will be an advantage in the long run, to both me and the industry as a whole.'

Rod Miller– Glenpaen Merino Stud, Horsham, Vic

'After being treated with pain relief my lambs were more content and less stressed. As farmers we are sincere in looking after the welfare of our animals and using pain relief demonstrates this.'

Richard Coole– Frankland, W.A.

'We have been using pain relief for the past three years. We’re impressed by reduced bleeding in the mulesing wound immediately after application. Lambs run straight back to find the ewe, which has dramatically reduced our mortality rates. Flock management, post lamb marking is easier due to the effect of pain relief and the scab healing faster.'

Ryan & Malcom O’Dea– Peepingee Merino Stud, Narrogin, W.A.

'Using pain relief eases the stress and allows lambs to mother up and move back to the paddock easier with faster weight gains.'

Kent Lummis– Waverley Downs, Gilgandra, NSW

Country	Species	Patent
Australia	Sheep	Granted
Australia	Horses, Dogs, Lab animals	Granted
Australia	Cattle	Granted
Australia	Humans	Granted
New Zealand	Sheep, Cattle	Granted
New Zealand	Horses, Dogs, Lab animals	Granted
EU	Humans	Granted
EU	Pig, Sheep, Cattle	Granted
USA	Dogs, Horses, Lab animals	Granted
USA	Humans	Granted
USA	Pig, Sheep, Cattle	Granted
Canada	Horses, Dogs, Lab animals	Granted
Canada	Cattle, Pig	Granted
Canada	Humans	Granted

Advisory Board

Ian Page

Non-Executive Director

Ian is Chief Executive Officer of Dechra Pharmaceuticals, which has a 33% shareholder in Medical Ethics. He joined National Veterinary Services, Dechra’s former services business in 1989 and joined the Board of Dechra in 1997. In October 2010, Ian was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Sanford DeLand Asset Management.

Dr Chris Roberts

Human Wound and Regulatory Advisor

Chris has over 20 years’ line management experience of heading clinical research teams. He was previously global head of Smith & Nephew clinical support and market development, where he managed global clinical Phase II and III programmes in the management of venous and pressure ulcers.

Lieutenant Colonel Professor Steven Jeffery

Medical Specialist Advisor

Steve has over 15 years’ experience in military plastic surgery. In 2011 he was awarded the Military Civilian Partnership Award for ‘Regular of the Year’, as well as receiving the Wounds UK ‘Key Contribution’ award and the Smith and Nephew ‘Customer Pioneer of the Year’ award. He has also been awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England ad eundum. He is an expert adviser to NICE Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme. Steve co-founded the Woundcare 4 Heroes charity, which is already making a big difference to the wound care of both serving and veteran personnel.

Dr Matthew Bayfield

Medical Specialist Scientific Director

Dr Matthew Bayfield, Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Strathfield Private Hospital and VMO Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Professor Peter Windsor

Veterinarian Research Advisor

Peter is a registered specialist veterinary surgeon in New South Wales and an emeritus Professor at Sydney University. He holds a BVSc (Hons), PhD, DVSc and diploma from the European College of Small Ruminant Health Management.

Dr Julian Braidwood

Global Regulatory Affairs Advisor

Julian has held leadership roles and managed international clinical projects with Grampian. He was previously Regulatory Affairs Manager at Novartis Animal Health. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Triveritas, where he is responsible for a team of 40 animal health specialists across the EU and the US.

EFP partner focus…Medical Ethics

June 29, 2018

As part of Winterbotham Darby’s European Farm Partnership, they caught up with Charles ‘Chick’ Olsson, co-founder of Medical Ethics, to find out more about what Medical Ethics do and why they want to be a part of the EFP.

“Our vision is to develop and deliver highly effective, safe, affordable and practical pain relief products to prevent pain and minimise suffering associated with wounds in humans, livestock and companion animals.”

Chick Olsson:
We’re an Australian Research and Development company, which was set up in 2005. Primarily we started life to deliver pain management and wound care technology to animals but are now looking to see how we can expand that to humans too.

We have a product called Tri-Solfen, which is a combination of wound care and pain relief which was developed by our Technical Director, Meredith Sheil. Meredith worked as a paediatric cardiologist, but was also a sheep farmer too. She had observed lambs, following tail-docking, in pain and wanted to see if human medicine could be adapted to animal medication. The commonality here is that neither animals nor children can express if and how much pain they are experiencing.

So she developed Tri-Solfen, a product which can be applied topically to the site of a wound (such a docked tail) which contains:

Two topical local anaesthetic agents (Lignocaine and Bupivacaine) to numb the wound
A vasoconstrictor (Adrenalin) to minimise bleeding
Antiseptic agent (Cetrimide) to prevent infection of the wound.

These are administrated via a spray and stay gel which sticks to the surface of the wound.

Since our inception Tri-Solfen has been used on over 80 million farm animals in the sheep and cattle sector in Australia and New Zealand.

We became involved in the UK owing to interest shown in us by our partner, Dechra, and other UK companies such as Winterbotham Darby. Recently, 33% of our company was purchased by Dechra, which allows us to expand internationally into every livestock sector.

Our projects are looking at registering Tri-Solfen in UK and EU for all animal species, as well as receiving significant interest from the human health market in Wales. Trisolfen has great potential to be used not only in the majority of necessary farm surgeries, but will also be developed further for human wounds in many areas such as hospital triage and defence forces.

We’re interested in working with Winterbotham Darby because they have shown a real interest in supporting best animal welfare practices with a group of production partners and farms. Specifically with their focus on pigs we could look to reduce pain following piglet castration. Better welfare, such as pain-free surgery for farmed animals resonates with consumers as well as being more profitable for farmers. So it’s a win/win for our animals, farmers and consumers.

We’re excited to share this exciting new research and how it can be developed into welfare programs that we’re creating with Winterbotham Darby. We’re soon to start some trials in Europe, using Tri-Solfen, with a view to obtaining EU approval.

Just like Winterbotham Darby, we’re committed to taking better care of farmed animals, right through the whole supply chain.

About Winterbotham Darby

Winterbotham Darby is a fast-growing food business that predominantly supplies own-label chilled food produced in Europe to the major supermarket chains in the UK. Established in 1962 we have been at the forefront of categories like continental meats, chilled olives, antipasti and continental morning goods that have fundamentally changed the eating habits of the UK. As well as our Deli Solutions and Alatoni manufacturing sites, we work closely with over 80 partnering production sites across Europe and provide end-to-end solutions for retailers, from factory auditing and product development to packaging design and category management.

We already count many of the leading UK supermarket chains as customers and we are targeting international growth through similar partnerships with retailers around Europe and beyond. We also have a growing foodservice business that includes restaurant chains, sandwich outlets and food producers. Outside of our heartland of chilled food, we have significant business in ambient bakery and have now expanded in to frozen foods as well.

Our strap-line ‘inspire, create, taste’ embodies everything that we do. Our team, whether from a retail, food service or food production background has a great passion for food and a desire to innovate.

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