MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading biopharmaceutical company developing and marketing regenerative and therapeutic biologics utilizing human placental tissue allografts and patent-protected processes for multiple sectors of healthcare, announced today that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has set a trial date of January 22, 2018 for the Company’s patent infringement lawsuit against Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Inc. (“MTF”), Medline Industries, Inc. (“Medline”) and Liventa Bioscience, Inc. (“Liventa”).
In the Company’s press release of September 18, 2017, MiMedx communicated that the efforts of MTF, Liventa and Medline to avoid a trial through summary judgment and other legal maneuvers had failed, and that the matter was finally at a stage where the court could set a trial date. In that press release, the Company committed that once the Court advised MiMedx of the specific trial date, the Company would issue a subsequent press release announcing the trial date.
Parker H. “Pete” Petit, Chairman and CEO, said, “We filed this lawsuit in April 2014, and are very pleased to finally have a hard date set for this trial. We are anxiously awaiting January 22nd, and look forward to presenting our patent infringement allegations against these defendants during the five day period the court has allocated for this trial. The numerous legal maneuvers to avoid trial that were employed by MTF, Liventa and Medline have failed, and we are highly confident in our case against these defendants.”
About MiMedx
MiMedx® is the leading biopharmaceutical company developing and marketing regenerative and therapeutic biologics utilizing human placental tissue allografts with patent-protected processes for multiple sectors of healthcare. “Innovations in Regenerative Medicine” is the framework behind our mission to give physicians products and tissues to help the body heal itself. We process the human placental tissue utilizing our proprietary PURION® Process among other processes, to produce safe and effective allografts. MiMedx proprietary processing methodology employs aseptic processing techniques in addition to terminal sterilization. MiMedx is the leading supplier of placental tissue, having supplied over 1,000,000 allografts to date for application in the Wound Care, Burn, Surgical, Orthopedic, Spine, Sports Medicine, Ophthalmic and Dental sectors of healthcare. For additional information, please visit www.mimedx.com.
Important Cautionary Statement
This press release includes forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the Company’s confidence in its case and expectations for results of a trial. These statements also may be identified by words such as “believe,” “except,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “will” and similar expressions, and are based on our current beliefs and expectations. Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and we caution investors against placing undue reliance on such statements. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Among the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include the risk that different or additional facts may be discovered that change conclusions, and the risks of litigation. For more detailed information on the risks and uncertainties, please review the Risk Factors section of our most recent annual report or quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
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