ATLANTA, Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Alimera Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALIM) (Alimera), a leader in commercialization and development of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, today announced that nine clinical presentations from real world ILUVIEN® usage in Europe and the U.S. will be presented during the 18th European Society of Retina Specialists Congress (EURETINA), September 20-23, 2018, in Vienna, Austria. There will also be 15 electronic poster presentations highlighting the real-world data available throughout the meeting for review by EURETINA attendees.
On Friday, September 21, Alimera will sponsor a symposium as part of the EuroTimes Satellite Education Program. The lunchtime event entitled "CONTINUOUS MICRODOSING with ILUVIEN: Optimizing the Treatment of Persistent or Recurrent DME," will be moderated by Francesco Bandello from University Vita-Salute, Ospedale San Raffaele of Milan.
Panel participants include: Manuel Falcao from University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Javier Zarranz-Ventura from Institut Clínic d´Oftalmologia at Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; and Albert Augustin, from Karlsruhe Klinikum, Karlsruhe, Germany.
The scheduled times and titles of the nine speaker presentations are as follows (all times local Vienna time):
Thursday, September 20
Friday, September 21
Sunday, September 23
About ILUVIEN
U.S. website www.ILUVIEN.com
ILUVIEN'S U.S. Indication
ILUVIEN (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant) 0.19 mg is a sustained release intravitreal implant approved in the U.S. to treat diabetic macular edema in patients who have been previously treated with a course of corticosteroids and did not have a clinically significant rise in intraocular pressure. Each ILUVIEN implant is designed to release submicrogram levels of fluocinolone acetonide, a corticosteroid, for up to 36 months.
ILUVIEN'S E.U. Indication
ILUVIEN is indicated for the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic diabetic macular oedema, considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies.
About Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)
DME, the primary cause of vision loss associated with diabetic retinopathy, is a disease affecting the macula, the part of the retina responsible for central vision. When the blood vessel leakage associated with diabetic retinopathy results in swelling of the macula, the condition is called DME. The onset of DME is painless and may go unreported by the patient until it manifests with the blurring of central vision or acute vision loss. The severity of this blurring may range from mild to profound loss of vision. The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy found that over a 10-year period approximately 19% of people with diabetes included in the study were diagnosed with DME. All people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at risk of developing DME.
About Alimera Sciences, Inc.
Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ:ALIM), founded in June 2003, is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the commercialization and development of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. Alimera is presently focused on diseases affecting the back of the eye, or retina, because these diseases are not well treated with current therapies and will affect millions of people in our aging populations. Alimera's commitment to retina specialists and their patients is manifest in Alimera's product portfolio. For more information, please visit www.alimerasciences.com.
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