SurModics Completes Enrollment Of Phase I Clinical Trial Of The I-vation(TM) Intravitreal Implant

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2006--SurModics, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRDX), a leading provider of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry, announced today the completion of patient enrollment in the STRIDE (Sustained Triamcinolone Release for Inhibition of Diabetic Macular Edema) Phase I Clinical Study. The trial is assessing the safety and tolerability of the I-vation(TM) Intravitreal Implant with triamcinolone acetonide in patients with Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) under an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).