AngioDynamics Selected as a Founding Member of New NASDAQ Health Care Index.

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. -- AngioDynamics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANGO) today announced that it has been chosen to be a founding member of the new NASDAQ Health Care Index(sm) (Symbol:IXHC) and that its common shares have been added to this index. The index, comprised of 542 companies, was launched on July 12, 2005.

The NASDAQ Health Care Index is a market value weighted index that contains NASDAQ-listed companies which are classified according to the FTSE Global Classification System as "Health," "Pharmaceutical" or "Biotechnology." They include health maintenance organizations, hospital management and long-term care, medical equipment and supplies, other healthcare, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

"We are very pleased that investors interested in the health care sector will gain exposure to AngioDynamics through this index," commented Eamonn P. Hobbs, CEO of AngioDynamics.

About AngioDynamics

AngioDynamics, Inc. (www.angiodynamics.com) is a leading provider of innovative medical devices used by interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and other physicians for the minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of peripheral vascular disease. AngioDynamics, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad line of therapeutic and diagnostic devices that enable interventional physicians, such as interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and others, to treat peripheral vascular diseases and other non-coronary diseases. The Company's diverse product line includes angiographic catheters, hemodialysis catheters, endovascular laser venous system products, PTA dilation balloon catheters, image-guided vascular access products, thrombolytic products and drainage products.

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