SEATTLE & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acucela Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing new treatments for blinding eye diseases, and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., today announced the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate rebamipide ophthalmic suspension in patients with dry eye syndrome. Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the tears and ocular surface, and one of the most common diseases treated by ophthalmologists in their daily practices. According to the 2011 Market Scope Dry Eye Report, 25 million Americans and 370 million patients worldwide suffer from dry eye.
