Alimera Announces Submission of Marketing Authorization Application in Switzerland for ILUVIEN®
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Alimera Sciences, Inc., a global pharmaceutical company whose mission is to be invaluable to patients, physicians and partners concerned with retinal health and maintaining better vision longer, announces that its distribution partner, Horus Pharma S.A.S. (Horus) through its Swiss affiliate Horus Pharma Suisse SA, has filed a marketing authorization application dossier for ILUVIEN® for diabetic macular edema (DME) with the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic).
“In our continued efforts for expanding our distribution, the partnership with Horus in Switzerland takes this critical first step toward an approval there,” said Rick Eiswirth, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alimera. “Horus Pharma has been a close partner for us, with proven success selling ILUVIEN in other European markets, and has worked very quickly with our team to develop this dossier.”
Claude Claret, CEO of Horus added, “Our teams are delighted to develop and expand their collaboration with Alimera. The good results recorded are the result of this daily partnership.”
The Swiss application seeks an indication consistent with the U.S. approved labeling, with the proposed wording “Treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) in patients who have been previously treated with a course of corticosteroids and did not have a clinically significant rise in intraocular pressure.” ILUVIEN is currently indicated in 17 European countries for the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies and for prevention of relapse in recurrent non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye.
