Guided Therapeutics, Inc. announced that testing of 150 patients has been completed in the ongoing clinical trial for Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approval. The trial is underway at four sites in China. The trial is expected to be completed in the second quarter of this year and submitted for approval shortly thereafter.

In addition, the Company's Chinese co-manufacturing partner and distributor for China, Shandong Yaohua Medical Instrument Corporation (SMI), made a scheduled milestone payment to the Company of $177,740. A portion of these funds will be used to supply SMI with LuViva devices and parts. According to SMI, both the interim safety and accuracy results of LuViva justify the completion of the clinical study and submission of the data to the NMPA as soon as practicable.