Early Yutiq Approval Gives EyePoint Two Ophthalmic Drugs To Launch In 2019

Yutiq, for posterior uveitis, will compete with two existing steroid products and should launch during the first quarter of 2019. EyePoint’s Dexycu, although approved in February, is still in scale-up and probably will launch a bit later.

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EyePoint Pharmaceuticals Inc. CEO Nancy Lurker noted that the US FDA’s early approval of the firm’s posterior uveitis therapy Yutiq, weeks ahead of a Nov. 5 action date, gives EyePoint the opportunity to promote and highlight the product during the American Association of Ophthalmology (AAO) meeting at the end of October.

“AAO is the largest gathering of ophthalmologists in the world, and we planned meticulously for this meeting in anticipation of...

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