SpectraScience's Jim Hitchin Featured in MDDI Magazine Article

SAN DIEGO, March 10  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpectraScience, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCIE), a San Diego based medical device company, announced that its CEO, Jim Hitchin, was recently featured in an MDDI Magazine article entitled, "Fixing the 510(k) Process: Overhaul Would Be Overkill", reporting on inconsistencies in the 510(k) process which have led the FDA to consider overhaul.
  Key points made by Hitchin in the article, were that:
  --  With respect to the standard of equivalence, If the sponsoring company
      meets this criterion, or does it somewhat better, and the company
      demonstrates that there are no new and significant questions of safety
      or effectiveness, the American public is best served by accelerating
      new products to the market.
  --  The industry should work with the FDA to address any parts of the
      510(k) process that aren't working the way they were intended to work.
      For example, Hitchin said that there needs to be improvements to
      address the inconsistencies between branches and between reviewer.
  --  The main problem he sees with the process is that submission
      requirements are a moving target--not only within the branches but
      also between reviewers and between the branches. Rather than a problem
      with the process, he suggests that many of the latest problems are the
      result of "a management problem that has been endemic at FDA since the
      Medical Device Amendments.



To read the MDDI article in its entirety, go to: http://www.mddionline.com/print/6871.
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About SpectraScience, Inc.
SpectraScience is a San Diego based medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets spectrophotometry systems capable of determining whether tissue is normal, pre-cancerous or cancerous without physically removing tissue from the body. The WavSTAT Optical Biopsy System uses light to optically scan tissue and provide the physician with an immediate analysis. With FDA approval for sale in the U.S. and the CE Mark for the European Union, the WavSTAT System is the first commercially available product that incorporates this innovative technology for clinical use. The Company's LUMA imaging technology has received FDA approval for an optical non-invasive system that is proven to more effectively detect cervical cancer precursors than conventional methods available in the market today.
  Contact:
  SpectraScience, Inc.                  Hayden Communications
  Jim Hitchin, Chief Executive Officer  Investor Relations
  [phone] x201                   Todd Pitcher
                                        (858)-518-1387

DATASOURCE: SpectraScience, Inc.
CONTACT:  Jim Hitchin, Chief Executive Officer of SpectraScience, Inc.,[phone], ext. 201; or Investor Relations, Todd Pitcher of HaydenCommunications, [phone], for SpectraScience
Web Site:  http://www.mddionline.com/print/6871

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