Privacy Policy

Welcome to Derma Biosciences. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

 

Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the site includes:

  • Personal Data
    Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you choose to participate in various activities related to the site, such as online chat and contact forms.
  • Derivative Data
    Information our servers automatically collect when you access the site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the site.

 

Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the site to:

  • Create and manage your account
  • Email you regarding your account or order
  • Enable user-to-user communications
  • Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the site
  • Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the site more personalized
  • Increase the efficiency and operation of the site
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the site
  • Notify you of updates to the site
  • Perform other business activities as needed
  • Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity
  • Request feedback and contact you about your use of the site
  • Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems
  • Respond to product and customer service requests
  • Send you a newsletter

 

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

  • By Law or to Protect Rights
    If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
  • Third-Party Service Providers
    We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
  • Affiliates
    We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this privacy policy.
  • Business Partners
    We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

 

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

 

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn we have collected information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us at the contact information provided below.

 

Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

 

Options Regarding Your Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:

  • Logging in to your account settings and updating your account.
  • Contacting us using the contact information provided below.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.

 

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

 

Derma Biosciences

Health & Wellbeing Innovation Centre,
Truro, UK, TR1 3FF

 

Email: info@dermabiosciences.com

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Professor Matt Upton

Advisor

Matt is a Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Plymouth and co-founding director at Spectromics and Amprologix. A graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Matt is an experienced researcher with a focus on antibiotic candidate discovery, medical microbiology, molecular biology, and biotechnology. He has a demonstrated history of working in higher education and collaborating with industry.
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Nicolas Turner

Operations Manager

With over a decade of leadership experience, Nicolas has successfully led operations and project management initiatives across a wide range of industries, including biotech, hospitality, education, construction, and social enterprise. He specializes in steering organizational change and driving business transformation. Known for his strengths in innovation management, process improvement, and organizational development, Nicolas consistently strives for sustainable growth and operational excellence.
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Paul Stanford

Advisor

Paul is a seasoned supply chain and innovation leader with over 37 years of experience leading teams across the global Coca-Cola system. His expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, technical and operational due diligence, post-acquisition integration, and the leadership of product, package and equipment R&D teams. More recently, Paul has been actively mentoring and collaborating with startups in the food sector, bringing his deep industry knowledge to support innovation and growth in emerging businesses.
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Nick Kaye

Pharmaceutical Advisor

A third-generation pharmacist, Nick Kaye is known for his dedication to advancing community healthcare. As the Immediate Past Chair of the National Pharmacy Association, he played a key role in shaping national policy and supporting independent pharmacies. Nick is currently the CEO of Community Pharmacy Cornwall and serves as a director at Hendra Pharmacy and Kingsley Muti. Additionally, he is an Independent Non-Executive Director for Wicker Pharmacy in Sheffield, an Ordinary Board member on the Kernow Integrated Care Board, and a Member of the World Pharmacy Council.
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Kim Lahiri

Product Development Advisor

Kim has 40 years of experience as a cosmetologist and educator. Kim's background in the skincare industry includes product creation, sales, and marketing, with the ability to place new products within the right market. Kim has trained with top skincare houses globally, including Estee Lauder, Prescriptives, Sothys, Rene Guinot, and Academie, focusing on new product development, sales, and marketing. Kim is a member of IFA, CIDESCO, BABTAC, the British Society of Perfumers, and the Society of Cosmetic Scientists.

Philip Fallon

Advisor

A highly experienced accountant, Philip’s worldwide experience includes working for several leading accountancy firms such as Deloitte and Crowe as an Audit Director, overseeing a diverse portfolio that included multiple listed companies. More recently, he has utilised his considerable experience to advise and support start-ups in a wide variety of industries. Philip has an extensive understanding of IFRS, US GAAP reporting, and listed company regulatory compliance.
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Richard Orchard

Head Of Biochemistry

Richard graduated with honours in Biochemistry from the University of Manchester, embarking on a diverse career in pharmaceuticals. He has held roles at Schering Agrochemicals, The Patterson Institute for Cancer Research, and Phenomenex Inc., contributing to projects ranging from herbicide-plant interactions to brain tumour research and solid phase HPLC extraction packings. In addition, Richard is an active member of the Institute of Biology and the British Mycological Society.
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Alex Craven

Chief Operating Officer

Alex is an experienced financial markets professional and proven investor with nearly two decades of success. He brings extensive corporate finance and capital markets knowledge, complemented by hands-on experience in roles including founder, fundraiser, private and public investor, trader, executive board member, reporting issuer, and advisor. In addition, Alex has significant operational expertise, having led and scaled businesses through various stages of growth, optimized internal processes, and overseen both strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations across multiple sectors.
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Philip Mann

Co-Founder / Board Member

Philip brings extensive experience in entrepreneurship, advisory, and consulting services across public and private companies in sectors such as shipping, natural resources, engineering and manufacturing worldwide. He has held senior roles for both private and public firms, including Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice-President, and board member. Philip has also served in advisory roles to organisations in the US, UK and Scandinavia, providing a breadth of expertise in regulatory reporting and compliance issues.
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Professor Patric Eriksson

Chief Executive Officer

A Professor of Innovation and seasoned entrepreneur, Patric has founded multiple start-ups and served as Director of Research and Products at a company preparing for an IPO. He also founded a successful business incubator that has supported hundreds of start-ups, several of which achieved exits in the £10–100 million range, co-founded a seed capital firm, and served as a non-executive director and founding team member of Saminvest AB, a government-owned Swedish venture capital company with £360 million under management. In recognition of his impact on entrepreneurship, Patric was awarded the prestigious EU European Enterprise Development Award.
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Timothy Sawyer CBE

Chairman / Board Member

Tim has over 30 years of leadership experience in banking and financial services, most recently serving as CEO of the Bank of the Maldives. Prior to that, he was the Chief Investment Officer of Innovate UK, the investment arm of the UK government, and previously held the role of CEO of The Start-Up Loans Company, a key central government initiative supporting early-stage businesses. Tim has also held senior roles at Cahoot and IvoBank, bringing deep expertise in financial strategy and innovation.
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Professor Tony Chu

Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder

Tony is the former head of Dermatology at Imperial College, London and is internationally recognised as a leading authority on acne. He directed an investigative laboratory studying skin carcinogenesis, the immunobiology of acne, and the physiological states of Langerhans cells and cell histiocytosis. Tony also pioneered the use of the NLite laser (2014) as an acne treatment and advanced techniques in percutaneous collagen induction for the treatment of acne scarring.