Eyegate Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Eyegate Pharmaceuticals Inc is a US-based clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company. It focuses on developing and commercializing products for treating diseases and disorders of the eye. The company’s lead product EGP-437 incorporates a reformulated topically active corticosteroid, Dexamethasone Phosphate, that is delivered into the ocular tissues through proprietary drug delivery system, the EyeGate II Delivery System. It mainly develops EGP-437 for the treatment of various inflammatory conditions of the eye, including the treatment of ocular inflammation and pain in post-surgical cataract patients and uveitis, a debilitating form of intraocular inflammation of the anterior portion of the uvea, such as the iris and ciliary body.