Alcon Completes Acquisition of Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Strengthening Company’s Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Business
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AERI), a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of first-in-class ophthalmic therapies for the treatment of patients with open-angle glaucoma, ocular surface diseases and retinal diseases today announced that the compensation committee of Aerie Pharmaceutical’s board of directors granted one new employee an award totaling 16,900 stock options that will vest over 4 years, with 25% vesting on the first anniversary of the hire date and the remainder vesting ratably on each of the subsequent 36 monthly anniversaries of the hire date. This award was made outside of Aerie’s stockholder-approved equity incentive plan and was approved by the Company’s independent directors as an inducement material to the employee entering into employment with the Company in reliance on Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), which requires this public announcement.
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERI), a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of first-in-class ophthalmic therapies, today announced that the first participant has been dosed in the Phase 3 registrational “COMET-3” study to evaluate AR-15512 ophthalmic solution as a treatment for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (DED). COMET-3 is the second of three trials in the Phase 3 registrational program for AR-15512. Aerie plans to initiate the last of the trials, the COMET-4 safety study, in the fourth quarter of 2022. Aerie intends to complete the AR-15512 registrational program in 2023 and, assuming clinical success, plans to file a New Drug Application (NDA) with the FDA in 2024.
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2021-- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERI, “Aerie”) announced that Aerie and Santen have entered into an exclusive development and commercialization agreement for Rhopressa®/Rhokiinsa® (netarsudil ophthalmic solution) 0.02% and Rocklatan®/Roclanda® (netarsudil and latanoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.02%/0.005%. The expanded collaboration includes Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, China, India, parts of Latin America and the Oceania countries.
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AERI), an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, today reported positive topline results for the Company’s Phase 3 clinical trial in Japan evaluating netarsudil ophthalmic solution 0.02% (“netarsudil 0.02%”) versus ripasudil hydrochloride hydrate ophthalmic solution 0.4% (“ripasudil 0.4%”). The results showed that netarsudil 0.02% once daily was superior to ripasudil 0.4% twice daily in lowering intraocular pressure (“IOP”) at week four (p<0.0001), the primary endpoint for the study.
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2020-- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERI), an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class therapies for the treatment of patients with open-angle glaucoma, ocular surface diseases and retinal diseases, today announced the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of the marketing authorisation application (MAA) for Roclanda® (netarsudil and latanoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.02%/0.005%.
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended five medicines for approval at its November 2020 meeting.
OSAKA, Japan & DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Santen”) and Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERI, “Aerie”) announced that Santen and Aerie have entered into an exclusive development and commercialization agreement for Rhopressa® and Rocklatan® in Japan, along with rights for several other Asian countries.
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AERI), an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class therapies for the treatment of patients with open-angle glaucoma, ocular surface diseases and retinal diseases, today announced successful interim 90-day topline data from its six-month Phase 3b clinical trial in Europe known as Mercury 3, comparing Roclanda® to Ganfort®.
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERI), an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class therapies for the treatment of patients with open-angle glaucoma, ocular surface diseases and retinal diseases, today announced that its sterile fill production facility in Athlone, Ireland has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for production of Rhopressa® (netarsudil ophthalmic solution) 0.02% for commercial distribution in the United States. This approval comes following the FDA review of the New Drug Application Prior Approval Supplement (PAS), which added the Athlone production facility as a drug product manufacturer for Rhopressa®.