Bausch Health Initiates Second Phase 3 Study For NOV03 Investigational Treatment For Dry Eye Disease Associated With Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

• Topline results expected in 2nd half 2021; 475 out of a 834 target patients randomized in ESSENCE-2
• Enrollment for 12-month safety extension trial (ESSENCE-2 OLE) completed
• Phase 2B/3 Trial ESSENCE-1 Published in Cornea: The Journal of Cornea and External Disease

Heidelberg and Cambridge, MA – April 28, 2021 – Novaliq, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics based on the unique EyeSol^® water-free technology, today announced that the second Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating CyclASol^® to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (DED) has randomized more than 50% out of 834 targeted patients, with top-line results expected in the 2nd half of 2021.

Betaliq Initiates Enrollment of Phase 2 Clinical Trial Investigating BTQ-1901-A, BTQ 1901 B and BTQ-1902 For The Treatment of Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension
TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, April 20,2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Betaliq, Inc., a clinical-stage ophthalmic company focused on developing therapies for the treatment of glaucoma, today announced enrollment of the first subject in their Phase 2 clinical trial. Betaliq’s pipeline consists of two preservative-free and water-free glaucoma drug candidates based on Novaliq GmbH’s EyeSol^® technology. EyeSol is the worldwide first and only water-free technology for topical ophthalmology products. Two EyeSol based ophthalmic products are currently approved in Europe and Australia and two active INDs are in late-stage development in the United States.

All Primary and Secondary Endpoints Were Achieved
LAVAL, Quebec, and HEIDELBERG, Germany, April 13, 2021 – Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health business of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) (“Bausch Health” or the “Company”), and Novaliq GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics, today announced statistically significant topline data from the first Phase 3 trial (GOBI trial) evaluating the investigational drug NOV03 (perfluorohexyloctane) as a first-in-class eye drop with a novel mechanism of action to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (DED) associated with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

LAVAL, Quebec, and HEIDELBERG, Jan. 20 2021 – Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) (“Bausch Health”) and Bausch + Lomb, its leading global eye health business, and Novaliq GmbH, a pharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics, announced today that Bausch Health has acquired an exclusive license for the commercialization and development in the United States and Canada of the investigational treatment NOV03 (perfluorohexyloctane), a first-in-class investigational drug with a novel mechanism of action to treat Dry Eye Disease (DED) associated with Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

Novaliq Announces First Patient Randomized in the Phase 3 trial ESSENCE-2 of CyclASol^® Topical Ophthalmic Solution for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease

• ESSENCE-2 is the second registration trial to complete the clinical development of CyclASol^® as agreed with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Designed to replicate efficacy demonstrated in previous phase 2/3 ESSENCE-1 trial
• Topline data expected in 2^nd half 2021