Cardium Announces Plans to File FDA 510(k) Application for U.S. Marketing Clearance of ExcellagenXL(TM) Gel for Diabetic, Pressure and Venous Ulcers and Other Topi...( SAN DIEGO Nov. 2 /- Cardium Therapeut...)

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM) today announced plans to submit a 510(k) premarket notification with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking marketing clearance of its ExcellagenXL(TM) product candidate. ExcellagenXL is an advanced wound care management medical device, which is a customized collagen-based topical gel designed for use by physicians in patients with topical wounds, which include diabetic ulcers as well as pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, surgical and trauma wounds, second degree burns, and other types of wounds. The Company expects to submit its FDA 510(k) application for ExcellagenXL during the current quarter.

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The planned 510(k) filing is based in part on positive findings from the Company's Phase 2b Matrix clinical study, reported October 14, 2009, indicating that substantial improvements in wound healing responses were observed in patients with non-healing diabetic foot ulcers following one or two applications of ExcellagenXL. The ExcellagenXL topical gel wound care product is designed to promote a favorable environment for effective wound management by providing a moist protective barrier as well as a micro-scaffold that promotes cell migration and capillary in-growth.

ExcellagenXL is an advanced wound care device composed of highly-refined, soluble bovine dermal collagen (Type I), which is modified to reduce immunogenicity and promote its usefulness in wound settings. ExcellagenXL is planned for physician use in conjunction with standard of care wound therapy, which in th
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