Santen and Sydnexis execute an exclusive licensing agreement for SYD-101, a novel investigational treatment for progressive childhood myopia

10 August 2021 – Geneva, Switzerland – Santen SA, a specialist in ophthalmology, and Sydnexis Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for the treatment of progressive myopia, announce the signing of an exclusive licensing agreement for SYD-101, Sydnexis’ investigational proprietary low-dose atropine formulation, for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). SYD-101 is currently undergoing a large multicentre phase III clinical trial, the STAAR study, in Europe and the US.

“Uncorrected myopia is the leading cause of distance vision impairment and it is children with early onset who are at greater risk of long-term eye complications,” says Dr Martina Brandner, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Graz, Austria. “At present, only the symptoms of myopia are corrected and so researching SYD-101 in the largest clinical study in this field is a critical step in finding a treatment to target the underlying disease.”

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