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 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).
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.
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).
Harrow Acquires U.S. and Canadian Commercial Rights to VEVYE® (Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Solution) 0.1% from Novaliq
VEVYE® is the First and Only Cyclosporine-Based Product Indicated for the Treatment
of Both Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease with Efficacy Demonstrated After Four Weeks
VEVYE® is the Only Water-Free Ophthalmic Product with Convenient Twice-Daily (BID) Dosing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. & HEIDELBERG, Germany, July 18, 2023 – Harrow (Nasdaq: HROW), a leading U.S. eyecare pharmaceutical company, and Novaliq GmbH, a German biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics, today announced an agreement under which Harrow will acquire the U.S. and Canadian commercial rights for VEVYE® (cyclosporine ophthalmic solution) 0.1%, a patented, non-preserved, ophthalmic solution prescription drug based on Novaliq’s proprietary EyeSol® water-free technology. VEVYE, which is dispensed topically in a unique 10 microliter per one drop and is labeled for twicedaily (BID) dosing, is the first and only cyclosporine-based product indicated for the treatment of both signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (DED). VEVYE was approved on May 30, 2023, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Senju Pharmaceutical and Novaliq Enter Into License Agreement For NOV03 (Perfluorohexyloctane Ophthalmic Solution) For the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease in Japan
Senju Pharmaceutical and Novaliq Enter Into License Agreement For NOV03 (Perfluorohexyloctane Ophthalmic Solution) For the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease in Japan
Osaka, Japan & Heidelberg, Germany, and Cambridge, MA, USA, June 13, 2023 – Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a researched-based Japanese pharmaceutical company focusing the field of ophthalmology, and Novaliq GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics based on its unique EyeSol® water-free technology, are pleased to announce the closing of a license agreement on Japan rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize NOV03 (perfluorohexyloctane ophthalmic solution), the first and only prescription treatment for signs and symptoms of dry eye disease that directly targets tear evaporation.