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Angle (LON:AGL) (48.5p/£21.94m) The specialist medtech company this morning announced the appointment of a specialist regulatory company, Medical Device Management (MDM), to manage the process of obtaining regulatory authorisations for the clinical use of the Parsortix cell separation system. MDM is focused entirely on the medical devices sector and has expertise worldwide in quality assurance systems, regulatory submissions and compliance. Its clients range from small innovative companies to international medical devices businesses. In the European Union (EU), marketing authorisation will be via a CE Mark, which will give approval for clinical sales throughout the EU. In the US, the process requires the submission of a 510(k) application to the FDA. Authorisation under 510(k) will allow the Company to make the product available throughout the US for use in treating patients. MDM’s initial analysis has confirmed ANGLE’s expectation of securing regulatory authorisation in the EU by the end of the current calendar year and making a regulatory submission to the FDA in the US in early 2014. Although ANGLE has not yet started to market Parsortix, there has been a stream of potential users expressing interest…

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