pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ: PSDV - News) (ASX: PVA.AX - News), a leader in developing sustained release, drug delivery products for treatment of back-of-the-eye diseases, today announced the positive outcome of the Decentralized Procedure (DCP) for the approval of ILUVIEN® in Europe. The announcement follows the issuance of the Final Assessment Report to pSivida’s licensee Alimera Sciences, Inc. from the Reference Member State (RMS), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency of the United Kingdom (MHRA), and the agreement of all the Concerned Member States (CMS) that ILUVIEN is approvable.
The regulatory process will now enter the national phase of the DCP in which the RMS and each CMS grants its national license. The CMS include Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain. ILUVIEN will be indicated for the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic DME considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies.
The International Diabetes Federation estimates that, in these seven countries alone, 22.1 million people are currently living with diabetes. By comparison, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that Americans with diabetes now number 25.8 million. Alimera estimates that within the seven CMS countries, 1.2 million people suffer from DME.
"I’m very pleased about this favorable outcome of the EU regulatory process for ILUVIEN," said Paul Ashton, president and chief executive officer of pSivida.
ILUVIEN is an injectable, sustained-release intravitreal insert that releases sub-microgram levels of fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) for up to 36 months for the treatment of chronic DME. pSivida is developing an insert of the same design for the treatment of uveitis affecting the posterior of the eye.
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