MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Promedior, Inc., a leader in the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of fibrotic diseases and tissue remodeling, announced today that the European Commission has granted Orphan Medicinal Product Designation to its lead drug candidate PRM-151 for use in the prevention of scarring post glaucoma filtration surgery. Glaucoma filtration surgery generally is used to treat patients with advanced glaucoma that are at high risk for visual loss. Scarring post glaucoma surgery is a serious complication that causes poor surgical outcomes and may lead to progressive loss of vision for these high risk patients.
