Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF
FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the month of October 2005
Commission
File Number 000-51122
pSivida
Limited
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
Level
12
BGC Centre
28
The
Esplanade
Perth
WA
6000
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F).
Form
20-F
ý Form
40-F o
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission
pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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o No
ý
If
"Yes"
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ___.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant,
pSivida Limited, has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date:
October 24, 2005 |
pSivida
Limited |
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By: |
/s/ Aaron
Finlay |
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Aaron
Finlay
Chief
Financial Officer and Company
Secretary
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
EXHIBIT
99.1:
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pSivida
to Present at Lux Executive Summit in Cambridge,
MA
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ASX/MEDIA
RELEASE |
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24
October
2005
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pSivida
to present at Lux Executive Summit in
Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Global
bio-nanotech company pSivida Limited (ASX:PSD,
NASDAQ:PSDV, Xetra:PSI)
is
pleased to announce that CEO, Mr Gavin Rezos will present a corporate overview
to potential investors at the Lux
Executive Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts today.
The
summit will focus on the business impact of nanotechnology and is the premier
forum for executives and investors in the nanotechnology industry.
The
Lux
Executive Summit is presented by Lux Research, the only research firm focused
exclusively on nanotechnology.
Focusing
on the business impact of nanotechnology, the Lux Executive Summit will present
exclusive ideas and data from Lux Research's renowned analysts. The summit
is a
meeting of business leaders who want to understand how nanotechnology will
change products, commerce, and ultimately society.
pSivida
Limited recently announced that it had entered into a definitive merger
agreement to acquire Control Delivery Systems, a US based drug delivery company
with the potential to create a global bio-nanotech company specializing in
drug
delivery, with revenues from existing products and generating long-term value
through its diversified late-stage product portfolio.
pSivida
is committed to the biomedical sector and the development of products in
healthcare. The company’s focus is the development and commercialisation of a
modified form of silicon (porosified or nano-structured silicon) known as
BioSilicon™. As a new and exciting biocompatible material, BioSilicon™ offers
multiple potential applications across the high growth healthcare sector,
including controlled release drug delivery, targeted cancer therapies (including
brachytherapy and localized chemotherapy), tissue engineering and orthopaedics.
Potential diagnostics applications are being developed through its subsidiary
AION Diagnostics Limited.
pSivida
owns the intellectual property rights to BioSilicon™ for use in or on humans and
animals. The IP portfolio consists of 29 patent families, 34 granted patents
and
over 80 patent applications. The core patent, which recognises BioSilicon™ as a
biomaterial was granted in the UK in 2000 and in the US in 2001.
For
more
information about Lux Research, please visit www.luxexecutivesummit.com
-ENDS-
Released
by:
pSivida
Limited
Brian
Leedman
Investor
Relations
pSivida
Limited
Tel:
+ 61 8 9226 5099
brianl@psivida.com
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US
Public Relations
Beverley
Jedynak
President
Martin
E. Janis & Company, Inc
Tel:
+1 (312) 9 1100 ext. 12
bjedynak@janispr.com
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UK
& Europe Public Relations
Mark
Swallow / Helena Podd
Citigate
Dewe Rogerson
Tel:
+44 (0)20 7638 9571
mark.swallow@citigatedr.co.uk
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NOTES
TO EDITORS:
pSivida
is listed on NASDAQ (PSDV),
the
Australian Stock Exchange (PSD)
and in
Germany on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on the XETRA system (German Symbol:
PSI. Securities Code (WKN) 358705).
pSivida’s shares also trade in the United Kingdom on the OFEX International
Market Service (IMS) under the ticker symbol PSD.
pSivida
is a founding member of the NASDAQ Health Care Index and the Merrill Lynch
Nanotechnology Index.
The
Company’s strategic partner and largest shareholder is the QinetiQ group, the
largest science and technology company in Europe. QinetiQ is the former UK
government Defence Evaluation Research Agency and was instrumental in
discovering BioSilicon™. pSivida enjoys a strong relationship with QinetiQ
having access to its cutting edge research and development facilities. For
more
information on QinetiQ visit www.qinetiq.com.
For
more
information, visit www.psivida.com
This
document contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable at this time, we can give no assurance
that such expectations will prove to be correct. Given these uncertainties,
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking
statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in
these forward-looking statements due to many important factors including: our
failure to develop applications for BioSiliconTM
due to
regulatory, scientific or other issues. Other reasons are contained in
cautionary statements in the Registration Statement on Form 20-F filed with
the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, under
Item 3.D, "Risk Factors" therein. We do not undertake to update any
oral or
written forward-looking statements that may be made by or on behalf of
pSivida.