TEL AVIV, Israel, August 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
BioLight Life Sciences Investments Ltd. (TASE: BOLT, OTCQX: BLGTY) ("BioLight" or the "Company"), a firm that invests in, manages and commercializes biomedical innovations in ophthalmology and cancer diagnostics, today announced the first sale of the IOPtiMate™ system to a medical center located in Peru.
The IOPtiMate™ system is based on CO2 laser technology that enables the performance of a unique filtration surgery to treat glaucoma without penetrating the inner part of the eyeball, thus allowing for substantial reductions in post-operative complications and use of eye drops compared with alternatives.
Up until recently, the IOPtiMate™ system has been marketed primarily to leading physicians and medical centers in Asia and Europe. These marketing efforts have resulted in recent first sales of the IOPtiMate™ system in Hong Kong, Poland, Hungary and Romania. Moving forward, and in keeping with the Company's focus on markets with unmet needs for better solutions to treat glaucoma, BioLight is now also negotiating additional distribution agreements in South and Central America.
This press release is being made in accordance with BioLight policy of announcing a first sale in a new territory.
About BioLight Life Sciences Ltd.
BioLight invests in, manages and commercializes biomedical innovations grouped around defined medical conditions - ophthalmology and cancer diagnostics. The ophthalmic technologies include IOPtiMate™, a laser-based non-invasive surgical treatment for glaucoma; TeaRx™, a point-of-care multi-parameter diagnostic test for dry eye syndrome; Eye-D®, a controlled release drug-delivery insert platform and a new technology a drug-delivery platform for the improvement of ocular molecule transmission; and OphRx, a drug delivery technology platform for ocular uses. The cancer diagnostic technologies include proprietary tests that are designated for bladder, cervical, multiple myeloma and other cancers.
Leading key investors are Mr. Israel Makov, Chairman of Sun Pharmaceuticals, former CEO and President of Teva Pharmaceuticals and former Chairman of Given Imaging, Mr. Dilip Shanghvi, founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals, India's largest pharmaceutical company, and Mr. Dan Oren, founder and CEO of Dexcel Pharma, the second-largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in Israel.
For more information please visit the Company's website at http://www.bio-light.co.il.
CONTACT:
BioLight
Itai Bar-Natan, CFO
Email: itai@bio-light.co.il
Tel: +972-73-2753400
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BioLight Life Sciences Investments Ltd. (TASE: BOLT, OTCQX: BLGTY) ("BioLight" or the "Company"), a firm that invests in, manages and commercializes biomedical innovations in ophthalmology and cancer diagnostics, today announced the first sale of the IOPtiMate™ system to a medical center located in Peru.
The IOPtiMate™ system is based on CO2 laser technology that enables the performance of a unique filtration surgery to treat glaucoma without penetrating the inner part of the eyeball, thus allowing for substantial reductions in post-operative complications and use of eye drops compared with alternatives.
Up until recently, the IOPtiMate™ system has been marketed primarily to leading physicians and medical centers in Asia and Europe. These marketing efforts have resulted in recent first sales of the IOPtiMate™ system in Hong Kong, Poland, Hungary and Romania. Moving forward, and in keeping with the Company's focus on markets with unmet needs for better solutions to treat glaucoma, BioLight is now also negotiating additional distribution agreements in South and Central America.
This press release is being made in accordance with BioLight policy of announcing a first sale in a new territory.
About BioLight Life Sciences Ltd.
BioLight invests in, manages and commercializes biomedical innovations grouped around defined medical conditions - ophthalmology and cancer diagnostics. The ophthalmic technologies include IOPtiMate™, a laser-based non-invasive surgical treatment for glaucoma; TeaRx™, a point-of-care multi-parameter diagnostic test for dry eye syndrome; Eye-D®, a controlled release drug-delivery insert platform and a new technology a drug-delivery platform for the improvement of ocular molecule transmission; and OphRx, a drug delivery technology platform for ocular uses. The cancer diagnostic technologies include proprietary tests that are designated for bladder, cervical, multiple myeloma and other cancers.
Leading key investors are Mr. Israel Makov, Chairman of Sun Pharmaceuticals, former CEO and President of Teva Pharmaceuticals and former Chairman of Given Imaging, Mr. Dilip Shanghvi, founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals, India's largest pharmaceutical company, and Mr. Dan Oren, founder and CEO of Dexcel Pharma, the second-largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in Israel.
For more information please visit the Company's website at http://www.bio-light.co.il.
CONTACT:
BioLight
Itai Bar-Natan, CFO
Email: itai@bio-light.co.il
Tel: +972-73-2753400
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