LIVINGSTON, NJ--(Marketwired - December 14, 2016) - Milestone Scientific Inc. (NYSE
MKT: MLSS ), a medical R&D and dental products company that designs, patents, incubates and
commercializes a growing portfolio of innovative therapeutic injection technologies, today provided an update regarding its U.S.
submission for marketing clearance of the intra-articular instrument.
The Company received notification from the FDA that based upon the 510(k) application submitted for the Company's Compu-Flo
Intra Articular Computer Controlled Injection System, the Company did not adequately document that the device met the equivalency
standard required for 510(k) clearance. Following consultation with the FDA Office of Device Evaluation, the Company intends to
provide additional data, including a new Human Factor Validation study (HFV Study) in support of a new 510(k) application for the
device. An HFV Study demonstrates the ease of use of a product. The cost to generate this incremental data is estimated to be
approximately $100,000.
The Company believes that the new 510(k) application as supported by the new HFV Study will demonstrate substantial
equivalency. Although, there can be no assurance that the FDA will clear the 510(k) application, the Company's confidence is
reinforced by the approval and successful commercialization of its dental instrument, which has been used successfully in over 60
million injections to date. The Company's intra-articular instrument has previously received CE clearance to market the device in
the European market.
Leonard Osser, CEO of Milestone Scientific, commented, "We were surprised by the FDA's response to our application for the
intra-articular instrument; however, based on the feedback, we will make the necessary adjustments and resubmit a new application
and we are confident that with the results of the incremental HFV Study and other data, 510(k) equivalency will be
demonstrated."
Leonard Osser further commented, "This development does not detract from our current commercialization initiatives,
substantially all of which have focused on our CompuFlo epidural instrument including our recent staffing enhancements, strategic
partnerships and key opinion leader relationships. The epidural instrument remains our primary focus among our medical
instruments for near term commercialization and revenue."
About Milestone Scientific Inc.
Milestone Scientific Inc. (MLSS) is a medical R&D company that designs, patents, incubates and commercializes a growing
portfolio of innovative injection technologies. Milestone's computer-controlled systems make injections precise, efficient, and
virtually painless. For more information please visit our website: www.milestonescientific.com.
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implement its business plan, expected revenues and future success. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties
and are based on assumptions involving judgments with respect to future economic, competitive and market conditions and future
business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond Milestone's
control. Some of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the
forward-looking statements are general economic conditions, failure to achieve expected revenue growth, changes in our operating
expenses, adverse patent rulings, FDA or legal developments, competitive pressures, changes in customer and market requirements
and standards, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Milestone's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including without limitation, Milestone's Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2015. The forward looking
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