Alimera Sciences' ILUVIEN Receives Marketing Authorization in Germany for the Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Macular Edema

Alimera Sciences, Inc.,

today announced the Federal Ministry of Health of Germany (Bundesministerium fur Gesundheit, BfArM) has granted marketing authorization to ILUVIEN® for the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies. This marketing authorization follows the completion of the Decentralized Regulatory Procedure (DCP), in which the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom, serving as the Reference Member State (RMS), delivered a positive outcome for ILUVIEN along with six Concerned Members States (CMS), which include Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal. The German authorization is the fifth national approval in the EU, preceded by Austria, Portugal, the U.K. and France.