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SurModics, AbbeyMoor Medical agree to develop drug-device products for diseases of prostate

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 30th, 2006

SurModics, Inc. (SRDX), and AbbeyMoor Medical announced the signing of an agreement to jointly develop products intended to site specifically deliver therapeutic agents to treat various diseases of the prostate, such as prostatitis and prostate cancer.

AbbeyMoor has developed The Spanner prostatic stent, which is designed to manage prostatic obstruction in men. AbbeyMoor recently completed a multicenter clinical trial and is progressing with the pre-market approval (PMA) process with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The PMA was filed with the FDA in March 2006. SurModics has licensed its polymer matrix technology to enhance the Spanner platform to incorporate...

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