pSivida Announces ILUVIEN® Receives Marketing Authorization in Norway and Approval for Reimbursement in Portugal

WATERTOWN, Mass.--()--pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ: PSDV) (ASX: PVA), a leader in the development of sustained release, drug delivery products for treating eye diseases, today announced that ILUVIEN® has been has granted marketing authorization in Norway for the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies and has been approved for reimbursement in Portugal for the same indication.

The Norway marketing authorization is the first following the successful completion last month of the Mutual Recognition Procedure for Norway and nine other EU countries. Marketing authorization is pending in the remaining nine countries (the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and Sweden).

ILUVIEN has been approved for reimbursement in Portugal by INFARMED, the marketing authorization body of the Portuguese Ministry of Health. Alimera has reported it plans to move forward with commercialization in Portugal in late 2014.

ILUVIEN is commercially available in the U.K. and Germany and has marketing authorization in Austria, Portugal, France, Spain and Italy. ILUVIEN is currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of September 26, 2014.

“We are very pleased at the steady progress ILUVIEN is making in Europe and look forward to the PDUFA date,” said Dr. Paul Ashton, President and CEO of pSivida. "Should ILUVIEN be approved by the FDA, we are entitled to a $25 million milestone payment from Alimera in addition to net profit payments on Alimera’s sales of ILUVIEN.”

About pSivida Corp.

pSivida Corp., headquartered in Watertown, MA, develops tiny, sustained release, drug delivery products designed to deliver drugs at a controlled and steady rate for months or years. pSivida is currently focused on treatment of chronic diseases of the back of the eye utilizing its core technology systems, Durasert™ and BioSilicon™, including Tethadur™. pSivida has instituted the first of two planned pivotal Phase III clinical trials for its lead development product, Medidur™, an injectable, sustained release micro-insert for the treatment of posterior uveitis, a chronic back-of-the-eye disease. ILUVIEN® for the treatment of chronic DME considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies, which uses the same micro-insert as Medidur and is licensed to Alimera Sciences, Inc., is marketed in the U.K. and Germany and has also received marketing authorization in Austria, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Norway and is awaiting authorization in nine additional EU countries. Alimera is seeking approval of ILUVIEN in the U.S. An investigator-sponsored clinical trial is ongoing for an injectable, bioerodible micro-insert to treat glaucoma and ocular hypertension, a product candidate on which Pfizer Inc. has an option. pSivida's FDA-approved Retisert®, licensed to Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, provides long-term, sustained drug delivery to treat posterior uveitis.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENTS UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995: Various statements made in this release are forward-looking, and are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and potentially inaccurate assumptions. All statements that address activities, events or developments that we intend, expect or believe may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The following are some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed, anticipated or implied in our forward-looking statements: uncertainties with respect to: ability of STA to achieve marketing approvals, adequate pricing and reimbursement and market acceptance for and successful commercialization of ILUVIEN for DME in Australia and New Zealand; Alimera's ability to finance, achieve additional marketing approvals, obtain adequate pricing and reimbursement for, successfully commercialize and achieve market acceptance of, and generate revenues to pSivida from, ILUVIEN for DME in the EU; Alimera's ability to obtain regulatory approval for, and if approved, to finance, successfully commercialize and achieve market acceptance of, and generate revenues to pSivida from, ILUVIEN for DME in the U.S.; the ability to finance, complete and achieve a successful outcome for Phase III trials for, and file and achieve marketing approvals for, Medidur for posterior uveitis, including achieving acceptable risk-to-benefit and safety profiles in light of the CRL for ILUVIEN; initiation, financing and success of Latanoprost Product Phase II trials and any exercise by Pfizer of its option; ability of Tethadur to successfully deliver proteins, peptides and other large biologic molecules; ability to develop product candidates and products and potential related collaborations; initiation and completion of clinical trials and obtaining regulatory approval of product candidates; continued sales of Retisert; adverse side effects; ability to attain profitability; ability to obtain additional capital; further impairment of intangible assets; fluctuations in operating results; decline in royalty income; ability to, and to find partners to, develop and market products; termination of license agreements; competition and other developments affecting sales of products; market acceptance; protection of intellectual property and avoiding intellectual property infringement; retention of key personnel; product liability; consolidation in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries; compliance with environmental laws; manufacturing risks; risks and costs of international business operations; credit and financial market conditions; legislative or regulatory changes; volatility of stock price; possible dilution; absence of dividends; and other factors described in our filings with the SEC. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Should known or unknown risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could differ materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated or projected in the forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the dates on which they are made. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise our forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes makes it clear that any projected results expressed or implied in such statements will not be realized.

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Contacts

Martin E. Janis & Company, Inc.
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Release Summary

pSivida announces ILUVIEN receives marketing authorization in Norway and approval for reimbursement in Portugal

Contacts

Martin E. Janis & Company, Inc.
Beverly Jedynak, President, +1 312-943-1123
M: +1 773-350-5793
bjedynak@janispr.com