Med-tech company PolarCool (publ.) expands its collaboration within the United Rugby Championship (URC), by signing an agreement with Dragons Rugby. The Welsh team becomes the seventh team in the URC to provide treatment with the PolarCap® System.

The current agreement between the URC and PolarCool includes the introduction of PolarCap® across the five nations of the URC. With the addition of Dragons Rugby, the teams providing concussion treatment with PolarCap® now include Dragons Rugby (Wales), Cardiff Rugby (Wales), Scarlets Rugby (Wales), Edinburgh Rugby (Scotland), Zebre Parma (Italy), Connacht Rugby (Ireland), and Vodacom Bulls (South Africa).

Erik Andersson, CEO of PolarCool, commented on the new partnership:

-We are pleased to welcome Dragons Rugby as PolarCap® providers in the United Rugby Championship. The positive feedback we continue to receive from teams currently using PolarCap® reinforces our commitment to the collaboration with URC. We are proud to together with URC work to improve player welfare and look forward to add more teams.

PolarCool and the URC are collectively aiming to conduct a large-scale scientific research project, which would involve a collaboration with additional rugby organizations such as World Rugby, along with leading global researchers in the field of sports science.

The United Rugby Championship is one of the world’s most prestigious professional rugby leagues, featuring top teams from five international countries: Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales.

For more information

Erik Andersson –  CEO PolarCool AB (publ.)               
+46 – 738 60 57 00                                         
E-mail: erik.andersson@polarcool.se 

About PolarCool AB (publ.)

PolarCool AB (publ.) is a medical device company that develops, markets, and sells products for sports medicine. The company focuses on treatment of concussive and sub-concussive brain injury with the portable cooling device PolarCap® System. PolarCool AB (publ.) is based in Lund, Sweden, and its shares are listed on Spotlight Stock Market.