ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 5, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Cytomedix, Inc. (AMEX:GTF) today announced an update on the 510(k) Premarket Notification needed for marketing clearance for the AutoloGel(tm) System that has been filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kshitij Mohan, Ph.D., and other Company executives met with FDA officials in early September as part of the previously announced request from the agency for further information and analysis related to the conduct of the AutoloGel(tm) clinical trial. Cytomedix submitted its official responses to the FDA requests in late September.
"We are pleased to have clarified our understanding of the FDA's requests for additional information, and for the opportunity to review with them our draft responses. As a result of the meeting in early September, we have supplemented our draft responses with the additional information requested by the FDA at the meeting, and we have submitted the response to the agency," Dr. Mohan said. "We believe the results of our clinical trial, together with other data, as presented in our original application and subsequent information, continues to support our view that the data presented more than meet the standards of 'substantial equivalence' required under the 510(k) pathway for marketing clearance. We look forward to hearing from the FDA in a timely manner."
ABOUT CYTOMEDIX
Cytomedix, Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in processes and products derived from autologous platelet releasates for uses in the treatment of wounds and other applications. The current offering is AutoloGel(tm), a technology that utilizes an autologous platelet gel composed of multiple growth factors and fibrin matrix. The Company has announced favorable results from its blinded, prospective, multi-center clinical trial on the use of its technology in healing diabetic foot ulcers and has submitted a 510(k) application for marketing clearance for a new product to the FDA seeking specific labeled indications for the healing of chronic wounds. Additional information regarding Cytomedix is available at: http://www.cytomedix.com.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
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