MarketWatch: EyeGate Pharma Enrolls First Dry Eye Patient in Phase II Clinical Trial of Lead Product EGP-437

WALTHAM, MA, Nov 10, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- EyeGate Pharma, the leader in ocular drug delivery, a specialty pharmaceutical company using iontophoresis technology to safely and non-invasively deliver therapeutics to treat serious ocular diseases, today announced that it has enrolled the first dry eye patient in a Phase II safety and efficacy clinical study of EGP-437 (a combination drug/device). This patient enrollment marks the Company's second clinical trial initiated in the second half of 2008. In July, the Company initiated a landmark Phase II clinical study in severe uveitis, which represented the first U.S. study under an open IND to employ iontophoresis technology to deliver an active compound into the eye.

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