SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpectraScience, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCIE) announced today that it has received the final EC Marking Certification of the Company's quality system from the Notified Body G-MED. SpectraScience has been issued a certificate with reference to Annex II.3 of the European directive 93/42/EEC. In addition, ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003 have been issued.
Jim Hitchin the Company's CEO said, "This certification is an important validation of our manufacturing quality controls and procedures. In addition, we are now qualified to sell our products throughout the European Union, as well as many other countries around the world."
SpectraScience has developed a multi-patented and proprietary WavSTAT(TM) Optical Biopsy System that is used by physicians to diagnose tissue to determine if it is normal, pre-cancerous, or cancerous within seconds. The WavSTAT(TM) System is currently approved by the FDA for use in detecting pre-cancer and cancer in the colon. A new application for detecting pre-cancers in the throat, sometimes called Barrett's esophagus, is being tested in a clinical trial. Cancer of the esophagus is more than 90% fatal and may develop as a result of chronic heartburn or GERD. Esophageal cancer is growing five times faster than all other cancers.
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meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause
SpectraScience's actual results to differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. Readers are urged to carefully
review and consider the various disclosures made by SpectraScience in this
news release, the Form 10-KSB and in SpectraScience's other reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that attempt to advise
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