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What opportunities does the dry eye challenge hold for the ophthalmology industry?

March 19, 2018 –Christian Roesky, PhD, CEO and managing director of Novaliq GmbH, explains how the company’s water-free ophthalmic therapies can bring new treatments to ophthalmology’s most vexing conditions including dry eye. And what valuable lessons has he learned as CEO of the start-up.

Novaliq Receives FDA IND Clearance to Advance NOV05 in a Phase II Clinical Trial in Non-Infectious Anterior Uveitis

Novaliq Receives FDA IND Clearance to Advance NOV05 in a Phase II Clinical Trial in Non-infectious Anterior Uveitis
  • Study could lead to first-ever topical steroid-free treatment for the inner eye disease non-infectious anterior uveitis (NIAU)
  • The study builds on ocular pharmacokinetic models demonstrating delivery after topical application and on animal models of experimental uveitis demonstrating pharmacological effects
  • Novaliq is expanding with this proof-of-concept study into retina and inner-eye diseases as targeted topical delivery of EyeSol®-based drugs allowing to develop breakthrough therapies
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Breakthrough in Ophthalmology! Hengrui’s Heng Qin® (Perfluorohexyloctane Eye Drops) Approved as First Treatment for Dry Eye Disease Associated with MGD

JIANGSU, China and HEIDELBERG, Germany, and CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA, July 8th, 2025 – Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (“Hengrui Pharma”), a global pharmaceutical company focused on scientific and technological innovation, and Novaliq GmbH (“Novaliq”), a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics based on the unique EyeSol® water-free technology, announce today that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Heng Qin® (Perfluorohexyloctane Eye Drops) for the treatment of dry eye disease (DED) associated with Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). Heng Qin® is the first and only drug approved to treat DED associated with MGD and will be available to patients in China in the coming months.
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Novaliq and Laboratoires Théa Announce Partnership and EU Approval for Vevizye (Ciclosporin 0.1% Eye Drops Solution)

Heidelberg, Germany, Cambridge, MA, USA, and CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, October 2, 2024 – Novaliq, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics based on the unique EyeSol® water-free technology, and Laboratoires Théa (Théa), the leading independent eye care group in Europe, announce European Commission approval of Vevizye® (ciclosporin 0.1% eye drops solution) in Europe and the closing of a partnership under which Théa has acquired the rights to commercialise the product in Europe and selected countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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Novaliq Receives Positive CHMP Opinion FOR Vevizye® in Dry EYE Disease

Heidelberg, Germany, and Cambridge, MA, USA, July 29, 2024 – Novaliq, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics based on the unique EyeSol® water-free technology, announces that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation in the European Union for Vevizye®, intended for the treatment of moderate to severe dry eye disease in adult patients, which has not improved despite treatment with tear substitutes.

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European Medicines Agency Accepts Novaliq’s Marketing Authorization Application for CyclASol® (Ciclosporin eye drops, solution 1 mg/mL) for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease

Heidelberg, Germany, and Cambridge, MA, USA, August 24, 2023 – Novaliq GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the marketing authorization application (MAA) for CyclASol (ciclosporin ophthalmic solution) for regulatory review. CyclASol is an investigational new drug treatment for dry eye disease in patients not responding to tear substitutes. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the EMA will start its review of the MAA under the centralized procedure for all 27 member states of the European Union (EU).
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