TearLab Corporation Achieves Health Canada Approval

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OccuLogix, Inc. dba TearLab Corporation (Nasdaq:TEAR) (TSX:TLB), announced today that Health Canada has issued a Medical Device License for the TearLab Osmolarity System. TearLab is intended to measure the osmolarity of human tears to aid in the diagnosis of patients with signs or symptoms of Dry Eye Disease (DED), in conjunction with other methods of clinical evaluation. The Health Canada license allows the company to immediately begin marketing the system in Canada.