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NeoRx preclinical data

November 14, 1994 8:00 AM UTC

NERX (Seattle) is to report at the American Heart Association this week that a single injection of Biostent for 1.5-3 minutes into an artery immediately after angioplasty of pig femoral arteries resulted in sustained dilation of injured artery segments for 3 weeks.

The percent change in the interior (luminal) area of the artery was 140 percent +/-27 percent compared to non-traumatized control segments of the arteries, which showed a 20 percent +/-17 percent change. ...