New York, New York – February 28, 2012 - Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector research including biotech and pharma stocks, issues a trading alert update for Alimera Sciences, Inc. (NasdaqGM: ALIM), following up on yesterday’s gains, with a monster run in the stock today, moving up another 70% on over 3.6 Million shares in morning trading.
The Company reported today on the positive outcome of the Decentralized Procedure (DCP) for ILUVIEN(R) in Europe. The announcement follows the issuance of the Final Assessment Report from the Reference Member State (RMS), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency of the United Kingdom (MHRA), and the agreement of all the Concerned Member States (CMS) that ILUVIEN is approvable.
ILUVIEN is Alimera's sustained release intravitreal implant that releases sub-microgram levels of fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) for up to 36 months for the treatment of chronic Diabetic Macular Edema.
According to the Company:
ILUVIEN(R) expected to be the first sustained release pharmaceutical in the European Union to treat diabetic macular edema (DME)
ILUVIEN expected to be indicated for chronic DME considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies
Alimera Sciences, Inc., (NASDAQ:ALIM) based in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. Presently Alimera is focused on diseases affecting the back of the eye, or retina. Its advanced product candidate, ILUVIEN, is an intravitreal insert containing fluocinolone acetonide (FAc), a non-proprietary corticosteroid with demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of ocular disease. ILUVIEN is in development for the treatment of DME, a disease of the retina that affects individuals with diabetes and can lead to severe vision loss and blindness.
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