ALPHARETTA, Ga., Aug. 10, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clearside Biomedical, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSD), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drug therapies to treat blinding diseases of the eye, today announced that Daniel H. White, Chief Executive Officer and President, will present at the 2016 Wedbush PacGrow Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, at 12:45 p.m. EDT in New York, NY. Mr. White will provide a Clearside overview and business update.
The presentation will be webcast live and may be accessed by visiting Clearside’s website at http://ir.clearsidebio.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for 30 business days.
About Clearside Biomedical, Inc.
Clearside Biomedical, Inc., headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, is a publicly-traded, late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing innovative first-in-class drug therapies to treat blinding diseases of the eye using Clearside’s proprietary suprachoroidal space microinjector to reach diseased tissue through the suprachoroidal space. Clearside holds intellectual property protecting the delivery of drugs of any type through the suprachoroidal space to reach the back of the eye. Clearside has a portfolio of clinical and pre-clinical programs using drug administration through the suprachoroidal space to provide a route of access to treat diseases of the back-of-the-eye such as retinal vein occlusion (RVO), uveitis, neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). Clearside is currently enrolling patients in a Phase 3 clinical trial (PEACHTREE) for the treatment of patients with macular edema associated with non-infectious uveitis and has initiated IND-enabling studies for the treatment of wet AMD. Visit www.clearsidebio.com for more information.