The FDA requested an additional clinical study in a complete response letter regarding the new drug application for lifitegrast for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease in adults, according to a press release from Shire. “We will work quickly to address the FDA’s requests related to lifitegrast, as we are committed to delivering a new prescription treatment option for the 29 million adults in the U.S. living with symptoms of this chronic and progressive disease,” Philip J. Vickers, PhD, head of research and development of Shire, said in the release.
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Tyrogenex Presents at the 14th Annual BIO Investor Forum
NEEDHAM, Mass. & PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tyrogenex, a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced plans to present at the 14th Annual BIO Investor Forum in San Francisco on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. PDT.
Second Sight to Discuss 2015 Third Quarter Financial Results on October 29, 2015 Conference Call
SYLMAR, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:EYES), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics to provide some useful vision to blind patients, will release its 2015 third quarter results on…
RXI-109 use after scar revision surgery has beneficial effect on suppression of hypertrophic scarring
RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biotechnology company that owns a broad intellectual property portfolio including a unique self-delivering RNAi platform, today announced that results from a blinded panel and an Investigator review show that incision…
CLEAR SIGHT: A Trial of Non-Mydriatic Ultra-Widefield Retinal Imaging to Screen for Diabetic Eye Disease
Status: Not yet recruiting,
Condition Summary: Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Retinopathy