Alimera (ALIM) Receives Marketing Approval for ILUVIEN in Spain

January 17, 2013 7:32 AM EST
Alimera Sciences, Inc., (Nasdaq: ALIM) announced the Spanish Agency of Drugs and Medical Devices (Agencia Espanola de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios) has granted marketing authorization to ILUVIENĀ® for the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies.

This marketing authorization follows the completion of the Decentralized Regulatory Procedure (DCP) in the European Union (EU), in which the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom, serving as the Reference Member State (RMS), delivered a positive outcome for ILUVIEN along with six Concerned Members States (CMS), specifically Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The Spanish authorization is the sixth national approval in the EU, preceded by Austria, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France and Germany.


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