Alimera Sciences Reports Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alimera Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALIM) ("Alimera"), a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Alimera believes that it is financially positioned to proceed with the direct commercialization of ILUVIEN, and that it will begin to generate revenue in the first quarter of 2013 with an initial commercial launch in Germany, followed by subsequent launches in the United Kingdom and France later that year.