SCA will financially support the establishment of a new international incontinence research center in Gothenburg, Sweden. This will enhance SCA’s ability to develop state-of-the-art global incontinence solutions for the future. The new center called the Gothenburg Continence Research Center (GCRC) – will be established at the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg.
 
“SCA has a significant unit for research and development around incontinence in Gothenburg and it is extremely valuable with the proximity to the new center and world-class research,” says Mattias Abrahamsson, vice president for SCA Incontinence Care.

“We need scientific research that is based on the real needs of incontinent individuals as well as those who give them daily care. The new research center will give us new important insights into incontinence care and will help us develop products and services that meet those needs in an even better way,” says Hans Bergh, global brand director at SCA, and responsible for the cooperation with the GCRC.

About 100 researchers within different disciplines will be associated with the center,. Among them are Adrian Wagg, one of the world’s leading researchers within elderly care and incontinence and Ian Milsom, professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, who will be in charge of the GCRC. He says: “With our research we want to find new ways of preventing and handling incontinence, improve incontinence care and increase the quality of life, so that people can live their lives to the fullest. This does not only concern those who suffer from incontinence, but also many relatives who help with the care.”

The first research project will start in the third quarter this year. It will examine why some men, who have gone through prostate operations, develop incontinence but others donot. In parallel, research will be done into other risk factors for developing incontinence and how these can be prevented.