Monday, January 12, 2009

Eyegate's corneal graft rejection drug gets orphan drug status from US FDA

EyeGate Pharma, the leader in ocular drug delivery, and a specialty pharmaceutical company using iontophoresis technology to safely and non-invasively deliver therapeutics to treat serious ocular diseases, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for its lead clinical compound, EGP-437 (dexamethasone phosphate), delivered via the EyeGate II Iontophoretic Delivery System for the treatment of corneal graft rejection.

The details can be read here.

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