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pSivida to Webcast Presentation at Rodman & Renshaw Health Care Conference

Sep 09, 2009
pSivida to Webcast Presentation at Rodman & Renshaw Health Care ConferenceBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 9, 2009-- pSivida Corp, (NASDAQ:PSDV)(ASX:PSD)(FF:PSI), a leading drug delivery company, today announced it will webcast a live presentation at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Health Care Conference in New York, September 10. Dr. Paul Ashton, president and chief executive officer, will present at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rrshq15/psdv and at the company’s website: www.psivida.com. A replay of the presentation will be available at the company’s website for 90 days.

About pSivida Corp.

pSivida is a world leader in the development of miniaturized, injectable, drug delivery systems for the eye. pSivida’s lead development product, Iluvien™, delivers fluocinolone acetonide (FA) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). Formerly known as Medidur™ FA for DME, Iluvien is in fully recruited Phase III clinical trials. pSivida has licensed certain drug delivery technology to Alimera Sciences, Inc. for the development of Iluvien and certain other ophthalmic products. pSivida also has two products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Retisert® for the treatment of uveitis and Vitrasert® for the treatment of AIDS-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis. pSivida has licensed both of these products and the technologies underlying them to Bausch & Lomb Incorporated. pSivida has a worldwide collaborative research and license agreement with Pfizer Inc. under which Pfizer may develop additional ophthalmic products.

pSivida owns the rights to develop and commercialize a modified form of silicon known as BioSilicon™, which has potential therapeutic applications. The most advanced BioSilicon product candidate, BrachySil™, delivers a therapeutic P32, a radioactive form of phosphorus used to treat cancer, directly to solid tumors. pSivida has completed an initial safety clinical trial of BrachySil for the treatment of pancreatic cancer and is conducting a follow-on dose-ranging clinical trial.

pSivida’s intellectual property portfolio consists of 45 patent families, over 100 granted patents, including patents accepted for issuance, and over 200 patent applications. pSivida conducts its operations from Boston in the United States and Malvern in the United Kingdom.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENTS UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995: Various statements made in this release are forward-looking and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. All statements that address activities, events or developments that we intend, expect or believe may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The following are some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: failure of FA or the Iluvien device to act as a VEGF inhibitor or neuroprotectant; inability to expand the treatment indications for Iluvien; maintaining key collaboration agreements with Alimera and Pfizer; modification of existing terms of key collaboration agreements with Alimera and Pfizer; uncertainties regarding the achievement of milestones and other contingent contractual payment events; failure to prove safety and efficacy of Iluvien or BrachySil; inability to raise capital; continued losses and lack of profitability; inability to derive revenue from Retisert; termination of license agreements; inability to pay any registration penalties; inability to develop or obtain regulatory approval for new products; inability to protect intellectual property or infringement of others’ intellectual property; inability to obtain partners to develop and market products; competition; risks and costs of international business operations; manufacturing problems; insufficient third-party reimbursement for products; failure to retain key personnel; product liability; failure to comply with laws; failure to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; impairment of intangibles; volatility of stock price; possible dilution through exercise of outstanding warrants and stock options or future stock issuances; possible influence by Pfizer; and other factors that may be described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to publicly update or revise our forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any projected results expressed or implied in such statements will not be realized.

Source: pSivida Corp.

In US:
Beverly Jedynak
312-943-1123
bjedynak@janispr.com
or
In Australia:
Brian Leedman, Vice President, Investor Relations
pSivida Corp.
+61 8 9227 8327
brianl@psivida.com