Guided Therapeutics’ Turkish Distributor Doubles Order for LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan Single-Use Disposables for Turkish Ministry of Health

Contract Increase Represents Nearly 45% More Revenue for Company

ISTANBUL–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: GTHP), the maker of a rapid and
painless testing platform based on its patented biophotonic technology,
announced today that its Turkish distributor, ITEM Medical Technologies,
has received an increased order for disposable Cervical Guides from the
Turkish Ministry of Health (MOH).

The order has more than doubled to 1.1 million disposable Cervical
Guides from a previously announced 450,000, as part of a four-year
contract to supply LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scans to the Turkish MOH.
Shipments are expected to begin in the September/October time frame. The
contract is expected to generate approximately $14.4 million for Guided
Therapeutics, up from an estimated $10 million value when the order was
placed initially.

“Our goal with these large government orders is to install a base of
devices that will then drive recurring sales of the single-use
disposables,” said Gene Cartwright, CEO of Guided Therapeutics. “We
believe that as the product is used in a growing number of countries,
the benefits of the LuViva test will continue to spur sales of Cervical
Guides.”

World-wide, the market for cervical cancer screening and diagnostics, as
currently practiced using cytology (Pap test) for primary screening, is
estimated at $6 billion and is projected to grow to almost $9 billion by
2020. Worldwide there are about 2.6 billion women aged 15 years and
older who are at risk of developing cervical cancer.

About LuViva^® Advanced Cervical Scan

LuViva is a technologically advanced diagnostic device that scans the
cervix with light and uses spectroscopy to measure how light interacts
with the cervical tissue. Spectroscopy identifies chemical and
structural indicators of precancer that may be below the surface of the
cervix or misdiagnosed as benign. This technique is called biophotonics.
Unlike Pap, HPV tests or biopsies, LuViva does not require laboratory
analysis or a tissue sample, and is designed to provide results
immediately, which may result in eliminating costly, painful and
unnecessary additional testing. LuViva is intended for use with women
who have undergone initial screening and are called back for follow up
with a colposcopy examination, which in many cases, involves taking a
biopsy of the cervix. It has also been used in clinical studies in
Turkey and Nigeria as a means to screen women for cervical cancer where
the availability of infrastructure necessary for Pap and HPV testing is
restricted. The device is used in conjunction with the LuViva^®
Cervical Guide single-use patient interface and calibration disposable.

About Guided Therapeutics

Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: GTHP) is the maker of a rapid and
painless testing platform based on its patented biophotonic technology
that utilizes light for the early detection of disease at the cellular
level. The Company’s first product is the LuViva® Advanced
Cervical Scan, a non-invasive device used to detect cervical disease
instantly and at the point of care. In a multi-center clinical trial,
with women at risk for cervical disease, the technology was able to
detect cervical cancer up to two years earlier than conventional
modalities, according to published reports. For more information, visit: www.guidedinc.com.

The Guided Therapeutics LuViva^® Advanced
Cervical Scan is an investigational device and is limited by federal law
to investigational use in the U.S. LuViva, the wave logo and “Early
detection, better outcomes” are registered trademarks owned by Guided
Therapeutics, Inc.

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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
and subsequent filings.

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