MiMedx to meet with FDA in Mid-October

MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MiMedx Group, Inc.  (NASDAQ: MDXG), an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected regenerative biomaterials and bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane, announced today that the Company has a meeting scheduled with the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to discuss the recent Untitled Letter it received from that agency.

The FDA has scheduled the meeting for October 16, 2013. Parker H. Petit, Chairman and CEO, said, "In the meantime, we will continue to communicate with the FDA in preparation for the scheduled meeting. MiMedx has already responded in writing to the FDA regarding the Untitled Letter. In our correspondence, we provided clear support for our position that our micronized products are minimally manipulated, and we reiterated our desire to work with the agency to resolve this issue as quickly as possible."

As the Company gains clarification through interaction with the FDA, MiMedx will communicate updated information to its shareholders.

About MiMedx

MiMedx® is an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected regenerative biomaterial products and bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane. "Innovations in Regenerative Biomaterials" is the framework behind our mission to give physicians products and tissues to help the body heal itself. Our biomaterial platform technologies include the device technologies HydroFix® and CollaFix™, and our tissue technologies, AmnioFix® and EpiFix®. Our tissue technologies are processed from human amniotic membrane that is derived from the donated placentas. Through our donor program, mothers delivering full-term Caesarean section births can elect in advance of delivery to donate the placenta in lieu of having it discarded as medical waste. We process the human amniotic membrane utilizing our proprietary PURION® process, to produce a safe, effective and minimally manipulated implant for homologous use. MiMedx® is the leading supplier of amniotic tissue, having supplied over 170,000 allografts to date to distributors and OEMs for application in the Wound Care, Surgical, Sports Medicine, Ophthalmic and Dental sectors of healthcare.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release includes statements that look forward in time or that express management's beliefs, expectations or hopes.  Such statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These statements include, but are not limited to the Company's support for its position that its micronized products are minimally manipulated and the prospect for resolving this issue quickly. These statements are based on current information and belief, and are not guarantees of future performance.  Among the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include that the issues raised by the FDA are not timely or favorably resolved, that the Company is unable to sell its micronized product under the current regulatory pathway, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, without limitation, its 10-K filing for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company does not undertake to update them in any manner except as may be required by the Company's disclosure obligations in filings it makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the federal securities laws.

SOURCE MiMedx, Inc.