Guayule Blog

This past Tuesday, the 24th, government, trade associations and medical industry vice presidents wrapped up discussions at the Future Medical Forum in Tampa, Florida. The forum explored today’s technologies and innovations and their impact on the future of the industry. Dr. Katrina Cornish, leading scientific expert and internationally recognized as a principal authority on guayule [...]

More than 22,000 people from around the globe, representing companies that make drugs, diagnostics, medical devices, research tools and products to drive development of alternative fuels, gathered at the annual meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Organization in San Diego June 17-20.
Invited Yulex CEO participated in a seminar titled ‘Taking Clean Tech to the Next Level’ [...]

A book telling the dramatic story about the search for a domestic (U.S.) rubber crop between the Mexican Revolution of 1911 and World War II is currently in production. Author Mark Finlay will examine the efforts to develop a domestic source of natural rubber, particularly guayule, and show it as an essential economic resource and as [...]

TechDevice Corp. has introduced minimally invasive medical balloons made out of guayule. Medical Product Manufacturing News calls this a BREAKTHROUGH because now balloon catheters with desirable characteristics such as tensile strength and durability are available without the hevea latex health risk. See the article here. 

The first medical device made from guayule natural rubber has just been cleared to market by the FDA. This is very exciting news for individuals with latex allergies and medical institutions becoming latex-safe! Soon we’ll be seeing guayule catheters, guayule dental dams, guayule everything. Here’s one article I found about the 510(k) clearance from [...]