MENTOR'S PURAGEN AND PURAGEN PLUS DERMAL FILLER PRODUCTS APPROVED IN CANADA

Mentor Corporation, a leading supplier of medical products in the United States and internationally, today announced that it has received approval to begin marketing and distributing its Puragen and Puragen Plus hyaluronic acid-based dermal filler products in Canada. Both products are indicated for the correction of facial folds and wrinkles and for lip augmentation and will be distributed through Mentor's Canadian subsidiary.

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