UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 12, 2011
ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34703 | 20-0028718 | ||
| (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 6120 Windward Parkway Suite 290 Alpharetta, Georgia |
30005 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (678) 990-5740
| Not Applicable |
| (Former name or former address if changed since last report.) |
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD.
On February 12, 2011, Dr. Peter Campochiaro, M.D., a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at The Wilmer Eye Institute, Retina Division at Johns Hopkins, presented at the Angiogenesis, Exudation and Degeneration 2011 Meeting results from Alimera Sciences, Inc.’s Phase 3 FAME™ study final readout of Iluvien® in patients with diabetic macular edema. The slides presented by Dr. Campochiaro at the meeting are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the slides furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
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Description | |
99.1
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Presentation slides. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC.
By: /s/ RICHARD S. EISWIRTH, JR.
Name: Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
Title: Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Operating Officer
Dated: February 14, 2011