Posted on: 26 May 2016 Durham man to be blindfolded for Great North Run A man has signed up to do the Great North Run blindfolded to raise money for an eye charity after watching his mum lose her sight. Read more
Posted on: 26 April 2016 Sedgefield mask maker targets US and Asia after £300,000 council support A County Durham firm is taking blindness prevention treatment to the US and Asia in a move bosses hope will double their workforce. Read more
Posted on: 25 April 2016 Durham County Council becomes investor in hotly-tipped tech business Durham County Council has made a £300,000 investment into NetPark business PolyPhotonix. Read more
Posted on: 12 February 2016 Minister for Life Sciences, George Freeman MP, visits PolyPhotonix “I’m visiting PolyPhotonix in Sedgefield, one of the UK’s most exciting life science companies, who have developed a unique eye mask to improve the sight of diabetics across the globe.” Read more
Posted on: 15 January 2016 MOVER & SHAKER – RICHARD KIRK We spoke to Richard Kirk, the founder of PolyPhotonix, a Sedgefield-based company providing revolutionary treatment for debilitating eye disease Read more
Posted on: 4 January 2016 Noctura 400 named one of “The Best Medical Technologies of 2015” – medGadget As we look back on the medtech developments of 2015 there’s definitely a sense that we’re living through revolutionary times. Read more
Posted on: 23 November 2015 Richard Kirk on Insight Radio – the Radio Station of RNIB Listen again now. Read more
Posted on: 14 November 2015 Diabetic patient’s at risk of blindness pins hopes on revolutionary Noctura 400 Sleep Mask A patient with diabetes who feared going blind is pinning her hopes on a pioneering sleep mask to save her sight. Read more
Posted on: 13 November 2015 Barnard Castle man who lost legs to diabetes hopes invention from Sedgefield can save his eyes David Stoddart, of Barnard Castle, hopes the Noctura 400 sleep mask, created by PolyPhotonix, at NETPark, Sedgefield, can save his sight Read more
Posted on: 4 November 2015 County Durham firm’s sight loss treatment sleep mask will be used in LloydsPharmacy service – The Chronicle PolyPhotonix innovation ‘bridges the gap between optometry and pharmacy’, says LloydsPharmacy boss. Read more