EDAP Receives FDA Filing Acceptance of Pre-Market Approval Application

EDAP TMS SA

, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided a positive Filing Review Notification on the Company's Pre-Market Approval (PMA) application for its Ablatherm Integrated Imaging HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) device for the treatment of low-risk, localized prostate cancer. The FDA conducted a filing review of EDAP's PMA, and found it to contain all of the information needed to proceed with the substantive review, in which the FDA will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Ablatherm Integrated Imaging HIFU device, as well as EDAP's engineering, manufacturing and quality systems. Marc Oczachowski, Chief Executive Officer of EDAP TMS, commented, "Receiving FDA filing acceptance for our PMA in less than two months is both very timely and a major milestone. We are moving forward in the PMA Review Process as the agency commences its substantive review. We will continue to work closely with the FDA review team."