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Published on 9/13/2006 in the Prospect News Biotech Daily.

SpectRx awarded $690,000 NCI grant for cervical cancer detection

By Lisa Kerner

Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 13 - SpectRx, Inc. was awarded a $690,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop its non-invasive cervical cancer detection technology.

The company has been awarded five grants totaling $3.2 million from the NCI for the program.

"This latest grant should accelerate our clinical data collection and help us to complete the clinical trial necessary for a premarket approval application," chief technical officer Mark Faupel said in a news release.

The multi-center pivotal clinical trial of 1,100 subjects is underway at five U.S. health care facilities.

SpectRx is a diabetes management company based in Norcross, Ga.


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