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Pharmaceuticals and Harrow Health's ImprimisRx Announce Expanded
Commercial Alliance for DEXYCU
ImprimisRx to assume full responsibility for U.S. sales and marketing activities for DEXYCU and absorb the majority of EyePoint's
DEXYCU commercial organization; EyePoint to retain DEXYCU NDA, revenue recognition, manufacturing and distribution responsibilities for
Mass., NASHVILLE, Tenn. and CARLSBAD, Calif., December 7, 2021- EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT), a pharmaceutical
company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders, and
ImprimisRx, one of the nation's leading ophthalmic-focused pharmaceutical businesses and a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrow Health,
Inc. (NASDAQ: HROW), today jointly announced the expansion of their commercial alliance in which ImprimisRx will assume responsibility
for U.S. sales and marketing activities for DEXYCU (dexamethasone intraocular suspension) 9% for the treatment of post-operative
inflammation following ocular surgery in the U.S. The amended agreement expands the commercial alliance previously established in August
2020 between the companies.
is excited to build upon our successful collaboration with ImprimisRx to promote awareness and demand for DEXYCU to cataract surgeons
and patients in need of more effective treatments to manage ocular inflammation following surgery," said Scott Jones, Chief Commercial
Officer of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals. "We are dedicated to providing long-lasting solutions to all patients suffering from ophthalmic
diseases. This expanded partnership enables us to fully leverage ImprimisRx's presence and tremendous expertise in ocular and cataract
surgery, while allowing EyePoint to focus our efforts on advancing our retinal disease-focused pipeline. We look forward to working closely
with the ImprimisRx team to accelerate DEXYCU's growth, bringing its many benefits to more physicians and patients."
are pleased to expand our partnership with EyePoint to continue to bring DEXYCU, an innovative FDA-approved injectable steroid product,
to patients experiencing inflammation following ocular surgery," said John Saharek, President of ImprimisRx. "A growing number
of our ophthalmologist customers experience the benefits DEXYCU offers as a sustained release treatment option that is a complement to
their patients' eye drop regimen. We are pleased with the success we have had thus far in building customer demand for DEXYCU,
which we expect to grow as result of the expansion of our partnership with EyePoint. We look forward to executing our U.S. commercial
strategy alongside EyePoint to attain our shared goal of even greater success for many years to come."
the terms of the expanded commercial alliance, ImprimisRx will assume responsibility for the sales and marketing of DEXYCU in the U.S.
and will absorb the majority of EyePoint's DEXYCU commercial organization. EyePoint will continue to recognize net product revenue
and maintain manufacturing and distribution responsibilities for DEXYCU along with non-sales related regulatory compliance. EyePoint
will pay ImprimisRx a commission based on the net sales of DEXYCU and will retain all commercial rights for DEXYCU. This amended agreement
will be effective on January 1, 2022.
(dexamethasone intraocular suspension) 9% is indicated for the treatment of postoperative inflammation and was approved by the FDA on
February 9, 2018. A link to the full product label is available at: https://dexycu.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DEXYCU-PI-20181220.pdf.
and HROW's ImprimisRx Announce Expanded U.S. Commercial Alliance for DEXYCU
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: EYPT) is a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to help improve the
lives of patients with serious eye disorders. The Company's pipeline leverages its proprietary Durasert technology for sustained
intraocular drug delivery including EYP-1901, a potential twice-yearly intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment initially targeting wet age-related
macular degeneration. The Company has two commercial products: YUTIQ , for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting
the posterior segment of the eye, and DEXYCU , for the treatment of postoperative inflammation following ocular surgery. EyePoint
Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.
is one of the nation's leading ophthalmology-focused outsourcing pharmaceutical businesses, serving thousands of ophthalmologists
and optometrists in all 50 states, with 40 proprietary ophthalmic formulations. For more information about ImprimisRx, including ordering
instructions, please visit our website, imprimisrx.com.
Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: HROW) is an ophthalmic-focused healthcare company. The Company owns and operates ImprimisRx, one of the
nation's leading ophthalmology-focused pharmaceutical businesses, and Visionology, a direct-to-consumer eye care subsidiary
focused on chronic vision care. Harrow Health also holds non-controlling equity positions in Eton Pharmaceuticals, Surface
Pharmaceuticals, and Melt Pharmaceuticals, all of which started as Harrow Health subsidiaries, and owns royalty rights in
four clinical-stage drug candidates being developed by Surface Ophthalmics and Melt Pharmaceuticals. For more information about Harrow
Health, please visit the Investors section of the corporate website, harrowinc.com.
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press release deal with information that is not historical, these are forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation
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release. EyePoint undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
and HROW's ImprimisRx Announce Expanded U.S. Commercial Alliance for DEXYCU
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