pSivida Corp Announces United Kingdom Grants ILUVIEN® Marketing Authorization for the Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Macular Edema

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ:PSDV) (ASX:PVA), a leader in developing sustained release, drug delivery products for treatment of back-of-the-eye diseases, today announced the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency of the United Kingdom (MHRA) has granted marketing authorization for ILUVIEN® for the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies. Additional CMS marketing authorizations are expected in the coming months and Alimera has reported it continues to expect ILUVIEN to be available in the EU by the end of 2012.
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