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Alimera Sciences (ALIM) Commences Middle East Sales of ILUVIEN

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Alimera Sciences Begins Selling ILUVIENĀ® in the Middle East

October 26, 2016 7:30 AM EDT

ATLANTA, Oct. 26, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alimera Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALIM) (Alimera), a leader in research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, today announced that its subsidiary, Alimera Sciences B.V., has begun shipping ILUVIEN®, an eye implant for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME), to MEAgate International FZLLC, headquartered in Dubai, for Named Patient Sales in the Middle East. MEAgate is the ILUVIEN distributor for Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Yemen, where combined an estimated 16 million people today are living with diabetes.

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