MiMedx Says Recent Media Reports 'Misleading, Inaccurate'

MiMedx Group, Inc. 

, an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected regenerative biomaterials and bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane, commented today on various recent media reports concerning certain of the Company's tissue products and the amniotic tissue industry.  While MiMedx's allografts have been in the market for over six years and over 170,000 units have been shipped, the Company's recent rapid growth in the advanced wound care market has placed it in a leadership role and that has attracted attention from numerous sources.  Parker H. Petit, Chairman and CEO commented, "When a company takes a leadership role with a new and promising healthcare technology, it deserves scrutiny from regulatory authorities, patients, physicians, and shareholders.  Naturally some media reports will follow.  Ideally, the scrutiny and the media reports would be fair and objective and accomplished with integrity.  In our case, we believe that some of this scrutiny and the resultant media coverage may be prompted by competitors from which we have taken significant market share and who may seek to discredit our products or from short sellers who stand to profit from creating confusion in the stock market.  That being the case, there is